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Paula L, in a brainstorming discussion about jobs: And the list didn't mention cleaning and organizing businesses! My husband and...

Anna Black (in Australia, so the cookies and biscuits were same and sweet): Today we were driving home from the library discuss...

Not lately, but once upon a time... ...When the triangles come up on Math Arena, I have to think "isosceles" and then look...

Pam Sorooshian: What do I regret? EVERY minute that I spent worrying over whether the house was clean. That would be my biggest regret...

Joyce Fetteroll wrote: What can we do to help natural learning along? We can help our kids explore their interests. If they're...

What advice do you have for families who are new to homeschooling? Don't spend money at first. Read, meet other families, let ...

Try to embrace "very random" so unschooling will work optimally! 🙂 Even for kids who are in school, the more parents talk ...

a mom wrote: I like how you wrote that I need to be my child's partner not the program's partner. I will listen to my child ...

Shan Burton wrote: If he had a bedtime, we would have missed our 2:00 am chat about My Little Pony, Doctor Who, Star Trek, Shakespe...

Kids who haven't been to school are different, but here is Joyce Fetteroll 's advice for helping kids deschool when needed: ...

Unschooling is difficult. It's a luxury. It's not a guarantee, it's not a right, it's not a product anyone can sell you,...

"What unschooling really is" can't easily be defined, because some people use it vaguely, admitting they don't under...

Sarah Anderson-Thimmes wrote: TV topics are a great conversation link between my kids and schooled kids. They can talk about favori...

A mom once wrote: I am ready for his Obsession with these [Yu-Gi-Oh] cards to be gone. A dad named Lyle responded: He's learn...

I don't make resolutions, and I think they're a bad idea. Deciding today what I want to hold important a year from now sets m...

Create a situation where the children are calm and at peace and glad to be there. More "calm and at peace" posts The...

Joyce Fetteroll wrote: The core idea of the unschooling philosophy is that humans are born learners. That's what John Holt observ...

Colleen Prieto wrote, in response to someone having written "We are adhering to a culture of self sufficiency" : All thre...

Me, 2005: If the parent can come to think before acting, so can the child.     "Wait. That's Holly's. Do you want anot...

Karen James wrote in 2012: My nine-year-old son ran into the kitchen yesterday while I was fixing a snack for us to take back to our g...