Feb 052010
I was interviewed here by Heather Sedlock, who writes a column entitled Special Needs kids 101. Recently she was asked:
“Dear Heather,
I am considering homeschooling my daughter and came across a concept called “unschooling.” Is this the same as homeschooling? What is it about? It seems it’s about just living life and the kids aren’t actually taught anything. What do the kids do all day? Do you know anything about this?
Thanks, Tina”
I hope we answered Tina’s questions. Like I wrote in my post, Defining Unschooling, it can be a fairly tricky lifestyle to describe.
I hope we did a pretty good job. Enjoy!
Thanks for sharing this article with your readers. I truly hope it did answer Tina’s question in a positive light.
Nice interview–I think you answered wonderfully!! Love your answer to “what is radical unschooling?”
Excellent point about ADD/ADHD not being a problem if the child’s needs were met. So true and so misunderstood.
It’s a great and gentle intro into unschoolers – way to go!
Thanks guys! I appreciate your comments so much! I was actually hoping that it would be “gentle”.
Great article! It’s so hard to describe radical unschooling and do it justice while not freaking people out. Even though I loved what you had to say about it I can still see people not “getting it” or saying (what I’ve heard a lot of lately) that it can be done “in addition to” schooling, discipline, whatever they think is acceptable. Ah but then we’re all doing what we think is acceptable no?
P.S. I just realized I’m not getting your updates via Google Reader. I’ve resubscribed but I hope it’s just me.