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 …
Unschooling With Strong Beliefs
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 …
“What Will I Do Today?”
This month I’ve been writing about unschooling days. I talked about some of the goals that guide unschooling parents as we choose our day-to-day interactions with our children: being available to …
Unschooling Days: Outside in the World
What does out and about in the world look like in an unschooling family? One of the especially lovely bits of unschooling is being free to head out and explore places when they are significantly …
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When Negative Relatives Won’t Let Go
Recently I talked about how you might choose to answer questions about unschooling from relatives during family visits. I thought it might be helpful to dig a bit more into ways you can deal with …
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Supporting Our Kids’ Relationships with Their Relatives
With unschooling we talk quite a bit about not having expectations of our children because that adds a filter to the relationship that gets in the way of both learning and living. It's much more …
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