If you wanted to learn more about birds, or even a specific type of bird, what would you do? I’d use the internet, maybe read a few books, or possibly head to a natural museum of some kind; the opportunities for leaning about birds are endless. Did you ever stop to think where [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
We returned from the UWWG (Unschooler’s Winter Waterpark Gathering) yesterday. A fabulous time was had by all and many, many thanks to all the organizers! While, most unschooling conferences are smaller, and are geared toward unschoolers and the unschooling interested, the UWWG is a bit different since it’s open for homeschoolers to unschoolers and [...]
“There’s a somewhat dichotomy between schooling & unschooling because one is where one is really well defined and the other is more open ended. Both are testament to their pedagogical nature.”
This came to me in a couple of Tweets yesterday. First of all, I hate the word pedagogical. It doesn’t really roll off the tongue [...]
What the hell does that even mean?
Skylar bought a friend a snack the other day. When the child’s mother noticed, she very condescendingly asked him, “Did you use your manners?” Three times, no less. How horribly embarrassing for him. To not only, have to submit to his mother right there and [...]
The topic of boundaries has been an extremely hard concept for me to grasp. Until now, I haven’t been able to fully understand it, or successfully implement it in my home. From what I could see a “boundary” was a “rule”, and in our home we do not have rules. Everyone should [...]
I was interviewed by Debbie at Homeschooling is Freedom! I’m pretty excited about it. It was definitely a lot of fun. Thanks Debbie!
http://homeschoolingisfreedom.blogspot.com/2009/06/drop-of-hat-flexibility-heather.html
