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Karen James wrote: Don't shelter them from the world. Don't let them loose in it. Walk with them, paying attention to what i...

Jenny Cyphers: In the newer days years ago, what helped more than anything else was to actually see my kids and what they were actu...

Sometimes people measure too much. Try not to go by the clock or the numbers or the calendar so much as you go by the emotional and person...

"Don't let fear and worry drive your decisions and interactions with your kids, though. If you focus on joy and partnership,...

Today, three times, do something a little bit better. Are you cutting an apple? Slow down and do something unexpected, somethi...

Sometimes the smallest thing can make a child extremely happy. Sometimes parents can find joy in relaxing around fears and pressures....

If you get to sleep for a long time, be glad. If your sleep is interrupted, try to be like a cat, and just accept it. Measuri...

When books are an obsession, it's considered a virtue. When mathematics is an obsession it's considered genius. When hist...

Little by little, years ago, I started to see that each little idea that had changed my own family had the potential, if I co...

It is strangely possible to learn from the whole wide world without participating in its pervasive school aspects. It's a little like...

Live in the moment as well as you can and be glad of happy surprises. Surprises Living in moments photo by Andrea Taylor

"Meredith Meredith" wrote: If you value something, make it part of your life. If you value music, play music, listen to musi...

Pam Sorooshian wrote: Human brains are voracious and will feed on whatever is available. Unschoolers should be offering interestin...

Clarity and focus make things easier. Muddly confusion make things harder. SandraDodd.com/clarity photo by Janine Davies

Karen James, to a worried mom with a young teen daughter: Try not to worry. I know that's hard. I'm a worrier, myself. But when ...

Being a child's partner rather than his adversary makes the balance of knowledge unimportant. Nowadays my children drive me aro...

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