Just Add Light and Stir

Be willing to be surprised where you are, to appreciate the unexpected, and to stop and notice something old or artsy. What's fa...

What else can be a problem with unschooling? Trying to save time and money; skimping on attention. I've done this, "Not ...

Embrace your present moment instead of yearning for what you don't have. I love the saying 'the grass is always greener where you...

Common sense among unschoolers is (and should be, needs to be) more particular and rarified than everyday "common sense." ...

Creativity and intelligence are seen in the ability to use a tool or an object for something other than its intended purpose. If y...

Katherine Anderson wrote: If you wait to do unschooling *after* you understand it, it's unlikely you'll ever understand it...

People don't become really good at unschooling without changing the way they see themselves and the world. To hear ...

When this was first published, November 18, 2014, the intro was: The story quoted below is from nine years ago and involves a sixteen-year-...

Pam Sorooshian wrote: I didn't get to observe radically unschooled kids before coming to the conclusions I did about how children lear...

Caren Knox, writing about meditation: I came across the concept of "householder yoga", which is different than "monk yo...

Dylan isn't twelve anymore; Deb Lewis still writes beautifully. Yesterday was David's birthday and we had guests. I left dishes...

A different approach to life yields a very different set of results. You don't have to turn 180 degrees from the way you would have li...

I didn’t expect them to learn so much without me. Anyone who is involved in natural learning for any length of time can find it difficult ...

Every time "have to" comes up in writing, speech or thought, back up two words and see it as a choice, and not a have to. You ...

Peace can be just contentment—to be happy where you are, to like your life. SandraDodd.com/peace/noisy (the quote is from the sound file a...

The second you have a positive attitude, even fleetingly, your life is better, right then. SandraDodd.com , any page photo by Sa...

"Being the mom I wish I'd had has been very healing. It's been the closest thing to having that mom I could achieve w...

Be the kind of person you want your child to be. Nurture your own curiosity and joy. Find gratitude and abundance in your life. ...

"One of my epiphanies as a parent actually came when I realized I was not being as good a friend to my own kids as I was to...

Something near your house, or in your town, that you see every day, would be exotic and beautiful to someone from another part of the wor...