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Does that seem like a strange question? This month we're talking about unschooling kids and I've been remembering life around our house back when it included three children ten and under, with their …
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I've talked about deschooling a number of times, that period of adjustment as your family moves from schooling to unschooling. Yet some parents discover unschooling before their children hit …
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There are discussions from time to time on whether the term unschooling is applicable for children younger than school age. Granted, in some countries school entry age is getting younger and younger, …
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The idea behind fairness is an important one: to be fair is to be free from bias. In families that means not showing favour for one child over another. It has come to symbolize love. And parents don't …
What activities do I like to do regularly? What really annoys me? What makes me smile? What food makes me feel good physically? How much food fills me up comfortably? Am I hungry when I eat? How …
In case you haven’t yet come across the idea of rules versus principles as related to unschooling, here’s a super quick summary. Rules are often used as shortcuts—substitutes for thinking in the …
