Radical Unschooling is seeping into the mainstream.  It’s probably what some of us dreamed about and it’s definitely what some of us feared.  Years ago the Martin family appeared on Dr. Phil when he featured “The Great School Debate”.  More recently, Sarah and Chris Parent appeared on Radical Parenting on Discovery Health, a 15 minute [...]

Once upon a time, TJ and I had a tiny little house and not so much stuff.  Well, it was a lot of stuff but compared to what we have now, it wasn’t so much stuff.  As time went on and babies were born, and we became more financially stable, our houses got bigger and [...]

We visited the zoo yesterday.  Normally, I’m not a big fan of the zoo.  Especially after visiting one in Virginia a couple years ago that turned out to be some exotic animal collector who ran a shady operation specifically for money.  That’s a whole other post.
It’s really difficult to get everyone out of the house [...]

Disclaimer: If school isn’t compulsory, or forced by some means whether government or parent, then this post is null and void.  Unfortunately for most children, that’s the case and this post holds true to its word.
Compulsory schooling is a prison for children.  If it wasn’t compulsory, who would go to school as [...]

There’s something I really need to get off my chest.
I, Heather Jean, have been fucking miserable for weeks.
I’ve never transitioned well.  Ask my mom.  She’s mentioned more than once, “you don’t like change”.  I never really understood why she said that until now.  I don’t think she has it quite right though.  I love change.  [...]

A long time ago my blog subtitle identified me as a “conservative hippie”.  I am sort of a middle of the road kind of gal, who leans a little more right, than she does left and enjoys referring to herself in the third person.  However, one day it was very strongly [...]

Note to readers:  I only wish history were simple.  Then I wouldn’t feel like I’m missing so many pieces of history in this post.  If I included everything I know, and everything I learned while writing this then I’d have to write a book.   I originally wanted to write a time line, but quickly realized [...]

I spend a lot of time with my children.  I also spend of lot of time doing things for them.  Lately, I’m noticing two opposing schools of thought.  Some parents don’t want their children to think the whole world revolves around them and others are acting like the whole world should.  I can’t consume myself [...]

I just watched the Radical Unschooling portion of Radical Parenting on Discovery Health. As expected, I’m slightly disappointed. I didn’t have high hopes for the program because going on television and trying to explain Radical Unschooling in 20 minutes is similar to learning Chinese in an hour. I hate the word impossible, [...]

I’ve been sick for the last week or so.  I must have picked something up from the UWWG, since I started feeling badly as soon as I got home.  I will affectionately label this one as the “conference crud”.  At least one of us gets it after each conference.  I’ve been so tired, and not [...]