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In response to a question about what to do first, Schuyler wrote: You start by learning about your children. You start by playing with...

I think the idea of "self-regulating" suggests that there are things people should, or must, or have to do, and they should...

Sometimes parents think unschooling means kids do anything they want anytime, anywhere, to anything and anybody, and the parent doesn’...

Changing and learning to be unschooling parents is a slow and gradual business, and there might be people trying to discourage you....

Here's the link that didn't work yesterday (working now): The 1st biggie for me was the food issue . I read 'let them eat what ...

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

When I write and speak about people trying to be better, some balk or resist, or say "You want us to try to be better than others...

A mom named Angela wrote a long e-mail to all of her relatives, in 2003, and here is part of it: My job in the capacity of homeschoo...

Some of your days should be all new and exciting and novel, and some should be same old, same old comfortable home. SandraDodd.com...

If I "give my children freedom" in a situation, it's because I had some leeway or rights myself. I cannot "give th...

Joyce Fetteroll wrote: My motivation for homeschooling was for learning to be fun and interesting whether first grade or twelfth gr...

Pam Sorooshian wrote: Unschooling requires you to take joy in life. It requires you to appreciate the wonders of the world. Every m...

Jen Keefe wrote, about "deserving" things: One of the things I have found so wonderful about learning about unschooling i...

I was just as tall when I took a few steps over for a clearer view. Young children are not as tall, and what they see w...

I closed a talk recently with this: Be brave, be calm, be happy. Be braver, be calmer, be happier. The first line was written on my...

Where the spirituality comes in that, I think partly is the trust that your child is an organism that wants to learn—that that’s how peop...

Once a mom came and said she was having a hard time being present with her children. She wrote: I hate it, and feel like I'm missing...

Some kids are more monkey than their parents are. When that happens, it can be invigorating to find an adult who will converse and joke w...

Be warmly and peacefully available to your children. To your family. Part of that is a quote Jihong saved from something I said at a...

Virginia Warren wrote: Worrying feels like *doing something*, maybe because it is so time-consuming and exhausting. Every moment we...