![]() | Being a good parent is not martyrdom. It's this: Being (in essence, in life, in thought, in action) a good (not bad, not average, but quality/careful/positive) parent. |
Becoming the Parent You Want to Be is a fair match.
photo by Belinda Dutch
![]() | Being a good parent is not martyrdom. It's this: Being (in essence, in life, in thought, in action) a good (not bad, not average, but quality/careful/positive) parent. |
Anytime an unschooling mother thinks she's not doing enough, the simple solution is for her to do more. | ![]() |
![]() | "Mostly our unschooling journey is unfolding beautifully using the guiding principles I learned from this group. Just Add Light and Joyce’s unschooling cards are my daily resource treasures." —Megan Valnes * |
When kids are given the choice between doing things they like and things they don't like, they choose things they like. When kids are give the choice between things they are allowed to do and things they aren't allowed to do, "aren't allowed" looks intriguing. Have you ever seen a sign on a boring door that says "No Admittance" and felt the urge to open it? If there were no sign you'd not give the door a second glance. But that "No Admittance" sign makes it intriguing, like there's something special back there that you can't have. —Joyce Fetteroll, 2004 | ![]() |
![]() | "I seek happiness each and every day. The best place I find it is in my children." —Nina Haley |
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Every choice you make should be made consciously, thoughtfully, for real and good reasons. | ![]() |
![]() | Our house is really very peaceful. A house full of "no" can't begin to be this peaceful. |
It's not good for a family that's had rules to drop them suddenly. It confuses the kids, and robs the mom of a hundred chances to go "Hmmm.... Sure! Why not?" and keeps the kids from those hundred joyous moments. Better to move toward it somewhat gradually, humorously and merrily than to just say one day "Eat anything and everything, and never go to sleep." That's not comfortable. | ![]() |