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Do the best you can to survive the bumps and unexpected turns of the trails through the unschooling world, which will necessarily...

Sometimes when people ask “What about socialization?” I say "What do you mean?" And I wait patiently for them to think of a resp...

The idea of living by principles has come up before and will come up again. When I first started playing with the idea, in p...

Joyce Fetteroll wrote: Some people, such as those who are naturally drawn to rules, who live under limitations accept the rules and...

There is personal growth in quietly providing what is needed. The world is made better by those who notice and attend to needs. S...

Deep breaths change everything, for a few moments. From Tiny Monsters, which deals with my firstborn being four, and on...

I see my children as whole people whose lives are unfolding now. They may have memories as vivid as mine. What I do and say now will be p...

"I'm more interested in learning what they think of the world than in telling them about the world." —Linnea King Sa...

It will add calm, value, and solidity to your life if you're reliable, honest, and trustworthy. SandraDodd.com/trust (Thanks to Am...

Lyle Perry wrote: I know how scary it is to think about letting go of what's 'normal', and I know it seems impossible to...

It seems that once unschooling is going that it covers everything, and there are no wasted moments, or wasted thoughts. but you d...

"Bring the world to your children and your children to the world." —Pam Sorooshian How to Be a Good Unschoole...

The camper from which this photo was taken has been moving around Europe extensively, so the view changes, but the doorway stays ab...

We make choices ALL the time. Learning to make better ones in small little ways, immediate ways, makes life bigger and better. Choosing ...

There will never be perfect peace. We can't even define "peace." There can be a closer approximation to ideal peace. People c...

Newness can dazzle us, and the future is confusing. But right around you are simple, plain, useful, interesting, solid bits of history and ...

Finding ways not to be grumpy about dishes is a good model and practice field for other choices in life. We get our dishes from thrift sto...

Read a little, try a little, wait a while and watch. There is no other way to learn this than gradually. There is no other wa...

You may pass through the same door again, but you will be different each time. Where you are right now will never be exactly the same ag...

It's not about "success," it's about progress, and living in the moment as well as possible. SandraDodd.com/proo...