Deposit the Good Stuff
photo by Denaire Nixon
I think when the child leaves naturally and positively, for a good reason, and the parents were willing to have him stay longer, there are fewer regrets and frustrations than under other circumstances. When kids are small, the mom is constantly on call. When Holly was born I had two and five year old boys. I know what it's like to have three young children. I also know what it's like to have three teens driving. But when they're calmly and confidently grown, the mom can leave for a month and they'll still be okay.—Sandra Dodd
Interview, by Kim Houssenloge, of Feather and Nest
photo by Jihong Tang
Negativity will weigh you down and make life heavy. Hope and optimism will help you float up and above. | ![]() |
Learning comes from connecting something new to what you've already thought or known.
(Read more about why experienced unschoolers sometimes seem pushy, at the link below.)
Joyce Fetteroll, in helping others untangle ideas and prejudices about what children think they "need":If someone needs three glasses of water a day and only gets two, they'll spend the rest of the day trying to get that third glass. So it will seem to others like this person's constantly thirsty and can never get enough. But if he gets three glasses and can have as many as he wants, he won't seem thirsty at all.
First there is a mountain
Then there is no mountain
Then there is