That is from a discussion about the depth of being, rather than of acting like a child's partner. Examples were used, and tangents were taken. The longer collection is at:
photo by Holly Dodd
SandraDodd.com/change/ (Thoughts on Changing)Those three pages are an impressive collection of the powerful difference a deep understanding of unschooling, and its practice in a home, can make to parents as individuals.
SandraDodd.com/change.html (How Unschooling Changes People)
SandraDodd.com/gettingit (Unschooling: Getting It)
Principles of unschooling that have helped me relate differently with my own highly active nervous system:
Merry thoughts, fantasies, whimsies and dreams to all.
Learn Nothing Day is in three weeks. |
"On the snow days that are entirely too cold for the children to go outside,
or even when it is too dark outside we bring buckets of snow inside. We put
the snow into the bathtub and allow the children to sit on the outside.
Reaching into the tub they can use their action figures, trucks, barbies,or
other misc. toys to play in the snow. When they are finished playing the
snow runs down the drain and leaves very little clean up. (We have also
allowed the children to make and throw a couple of snowballs at the shower
wall.)" —Laurie C, 2005 |
Somewhere in the world it is morning every moment. Somewhere, light is dawning.
When people begin homeschooling, that's a big bright morning, but you can have as many mornings as you need. If you want to change the way you're being or thinking, just do it. Don't wait for another year, another month, another day.
Good morning!