Parents allow children to get tattoos and wield AXES to teach them life skills
A COUPLE who let their children have tattoos, dye their hair and play with pickaxes have said they are proud to be giving them life skills lessons they would not receive at school.
The children are allowed free reign, but cannot lie or hurt each other
Gemma and Lewis Rawnsley allow their to children to swear, eat when they want and set their own bedtimes because they want them to make their own decisions in a household they admit has “no boundaries”.
Mrs Rawnsley, 35, said: “We just wing it and go with the flow. If the weather is good we go out for the day. If it’s raining it’s a good day to stay in and do stuff.
“There are no boundaries so the kids get on with life and do what they want.”
Skye, 13, and Finlay, 12, were taken out of school when they were seven and six and are taught by their parents, with annual checks from inspectors.
Gemma and Lewis Rawnsley allow their children to structure their own lives
There are no boundaries so the kids get on with life and do what they want
Mrs Rawnsley said the only rules are that children do not lie to or hurt each other and are respectful.
Phoenix, nine, Pearl, eight, Hunter, five, Zephyr, three, and one-year-old Woolf complete the family in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire.
They feature in a documentary TV series in which parents explain unconventional methods.
Feral Families starts Thursday, 9pm, on Channel 4.