With schools back this week, it will have been a busy period for families up and down the length and breadth of country.
But some parents, having had their kids at home when they would have normally been in school, have decided not to send her children back - instead opting to have them educated in the home.
But what are the benefits to home-schooling & un-schooling as Aisling Hamill and her partner, David have decided to do?
Aisling joined Susan to talk about 'un-schooling' and how it differs from conventional forms of education.