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To get to the kinds of relationships being advocated here, a mom needs to let go of many things, two of which are the image of the per...

Ben Lovejoy wrote: The difficulty of having so many rules in your life is not that you can’t get things done; it’s that you find it h...

Nothing on paper is learning. Nothing recited is learning. Nothing in a conversation is learning.... Learning is putting inform...

Me, a few hours ago, to a longtime unschooling mom, and friend, across the world: When people say I don't know anything about uns...

Janine Davies wrote: Victory is what it feels like—the biggest victory in my life so far. I am my own healer and validator. Unschool...

Pam Sorooshian wrote: Think about how you feel when you are "out of sorts." What will help you? What do you want from your...

Leah Rose wrote: I have come to see that it helps peace and learning to notice when we are clinging or tightening around an identity, ...

Karen James wrote: I think advice of any kind can get in the way of unschooling if it is taken as truth without some reflection. Unschool...

"Rethink what you’re trying to do rather than how you’re trying to do it. Get a new perspective on it so you can see things in a new...

It's interesting to see what seems dangerous from place to place and family to family. Be near your kids, let them explore, be ready...

Each journey begins with a single step, they say, but steps in the wrong direction don't get you to a good place. Milling around for ...

Transcript from a presentation, long ago, about becoming more peaceful by making conscious choices: If you think “Ok, I’m either goin...

Progress toward respectful parenting doesn't come all in one great leap from anywhere to peace all day and all night. It's a ...

"Every person's learning about the world will be piecemeal - so it might as well be serendipitous and interest based." ...

Those who divide the world into academic and non-academic will maintain rules, bedtimes, chores even though they might not be "having...

When I look at a bridge, I think of travel, of engineering, of safety, and of history. Even new bridges change history as soon as they c...

I like photos with reflections. Sometimes they're clear and sometimes they're interestingly changed. Always, though, you see the...

There's great peace and beauty in a child who is happy to follow a parent, wherever the path is leading. Human development and realit...

You can see what is coming up, usually. Very often, you have a plan, and know where you're headed. What comes next follows on what ...

Laurie Wolfrum wrote: Whatever you decide to say, be kind to them. Don’t criticize, belittle or shame them for making different decis...