Anne Ohman and Anna Brown, both veteran unschooling parents, join me to answer listener questions.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“I’m talking about living a life that is driven more strongly by curiosity than by fear.” ~ Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
LISTENER QUESTIONS
1. How do people successfully unschool older kids when there are babies/toddlers in the house that restrict the opportunities for the older one? For instance, I can hardly read to my 5yo because my 2yo constantly interferes.
2. This question is similar in that it deals with multiple children, but it’s a bit different perspective: how does unschooling work with three young children?
3. I feel so much pressure and guilt knowing that family and friends would not understanding unschooling, so I hide it by saying we homeschool when I’m asked. Is that ok? I feel so guilty, and then that guilt turns into doubting whether I’m doing the right thing, yet deep inside I know I am. How do I deal with this constant back and forth internal struggle?
4. I’d love to hear about games that have provided family fun. Any kind of game: board games, computer games, waiting games, word games etc.
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I loved this, but it was too short!!!! I wanted more – particularly more from Anne about re-framing questions and scenarios with different words (I wanted more examples). From Anna, I wanted more about re-directing the conversation with family and friends, how she set the tone with different examples.
LOL!! Glad you enjoyed it, and no worries, I’m sure these ideas will come again and again. And if you’d like it to be sooner rather than later, feel free to submit a question for the next Q&A! 🙂
http://livingjoyfully.ca/podcast-2/submit-question/