Teenagers. What's the first thing that pops to mind? Something reminiscent of the MCR song? "Teenagers scare the living shit out of me." A quick web search reveals that the conventional wisdom …
A Bigger Picture: The Transition From Childhood to Adolescence
This month we've been traversing the kid years, from attachment parenting to transitioning to school age, from not losing yourself while mothering to what unschooling days might look like. This week, …
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Life With Children
Unschooling with children is an incredibly busy and exciting time. They often bounce up in the morning and dash straight to their activity of choice, their boundless energy propelling them through the …
Are You Playing the Role of “Mother”?
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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Transitioning to Unschooling with Young Children
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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Attachment Parenting Flows Into Unschooling
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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