Every time you feel the urge to control a choice, you can ask yourself "why?" and begin to question the assumptions (or fears) about children, parenting, learning and living joyfully that you are holding on to.
photo by Sandra Dodd
It's like learning a new everything, but an all-slightly-better everything.
I want my kids to feel empowered, so I empower them. I don't want their view of the world to be tainted by "can't", "shouldn't", "wouldn't", and the like. I want their world to be full of "yes I can," I shall find a way to do what I want to do with my parent's blessing and help.
When a family is very negative, with a very cynical parent, they’re sacrificing the chance that maybe the teacher would have been happier than they are. So they need to be twice as peace-and-love as they might have been if they weren’t unschooling.
The smaller the child, the bigger the small adventures seem. When the world is new, adventure is all around. |
"Your perspective will change when you've experienced new things, seen the world from a different place."
—Debbie Regan
Children grow up, but all the stages of their childhood stay alive in their parents' memories.
A little more time. A little more patience. A little more joy. A little more calm. |