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Pam Sorooshian wrote: When we started unschooling, my mom kept saying that she was worried I would "lose myself" in it—t...

Here is a peacock in India. Hema Bharadwaj took the photo: This peacock lives wherever it wants to, in Albuquerque, and was photographe...

I'm not interested in helping people battle or fight or struggle. I want to help them find joy, gratitude, abundance and peace. Fi...

There are no guarantees, but we can always do a little better. SandraDodd.com/guarantees photo by Laurie Wolfrum

I remember having younger video-game playing kids, and asking "Does this game pause?" Or one of them, knowing which were "pau...

There is quiet beauty somewhere near you. If it's hard to find, close your eyes and imagine some. Look at art, listen to music. ...

Deb Lewis wrote: Being Ethan's mom changed me. I surprised myself in good ways. In learning to give to him, I grew to really ...

Tact is not a rule. Tact is making a strategic, thoughtful decision after considering as many factors as the person has access to. Tactf...

In 1992, someone asked: How do I structure our days and how do I structure our learning time? I think it should be "Woke...

Being patient and kind makes you a person who is patient and kind. The quote's not from here, but this might help: Parental A...

There are all kinds of descriptors each of us could use for our kids. Choose the good ones, the ones that make them twinkle in our eyes. ...

Learning happens all on its own when the parents stop looking at life in a schoolish way, and can appreciate and encourage that sor...

If I have a big woodpile, I don't have a fire. Even if I have a fireplace and matches and bellows and kindling and firestarters and a fi...

Joyce Fetteroll wrote: Wanting your family to be happy, joyful and learning seems a perfectly fine goal! But you won't get t...

What if.... you dig a hole in your back yard? What if you leave laundry in the washing machine? What if you think dangerous though...

Someone had written, of unschooling: It sounds like it takes an enormous amount of trust in everything to allow this process to hap...

How might a parent act on a really busy day? If the mom learns and then demonstrates that giving can make a person feel happy, *then* sh...

Think about what you think you "have to" do. Choose to do something good, for sensible reasons. SandraDodd.com/decision...

Amy Kidwell wrote: I had always wanted to learn to live in the moment, but it seemed a great mystery. Having my daughter and beco...

Kelli Traaseth wrote: Hold onto each day, know how quickly they pass. Kiss those tiny heads of toddlers and babies; smell their head...