Playing video games and watching TV. Did you just tense up a bit? ;-) These activities are often part of the typical days of an unschooling family. Yet they are so maligned by conventional society …
What’s Behind a Typical Unschooling Day?
It’s kind of funny to think in terms of “typical” when talking about what unschooling days look like. I mean, one of the things I often emphasize is how different unschooling in action can look from …
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Don’t Get Complacent About Unschooling
We learn so much about unschooling and how it works while we’re deschooling. I mean, that’s the point, isn’t it? Yet in my experience, that learning is never “done”. As a parent, I am always learning: …
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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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Enjoying Visits With Extended Family
Many of us are the lone unschooling family when our families of origin gather for holiday celebrations, birthdays, reunions etc. That is certainly our case, both for visiting my own family and my …
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