Looking back over our years of unschooling, another big change I’ve seen is that my perspective as a parent has broadened beyond “childhood” to “life”. I no longer see childhood as focused on “learning everything you need to know to become an adult,” with my purpose being to “graduate” them into adulthood. I think this […]
Treasure Creativity
Since we began unschooling, my appreciation for creativity has grown immeasurably. When we first started out, I thought creativity was great for artists, yet not particularly useful beyond that. But over the years I came to see how valuable it is to have a creative approach to life, and that unschooling is a wonderful way […]
My Definition of Success
I write a lot about the benefits of unschooling that I’ve seen over the years for my children, so I thought it would be fun this month to switch it up and think about the benefits of unschooling for me. Parents definitely benefit as well! We started unschooling in 2002, and looking back, one of […]
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