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Jenny Cyphers wrote: While I don't deny that money can make an unschooling life easier, and that affording opportunities can c...

"Being there for and with the family" seems so simple and yet many parents miss out on it without even leaving the house....

Incremental improvement Approaching perfection, no. Perfection is subjective. Approach "better." . . . . The tool to u...

Once upon a time, a newer but enthusiastic unschooler came to a discussion explaining the "we" (all of us) should agree that unsch...

Caren Knox wrote: The bulk of what was challenging for me was changing internally, not just in parenting beliefs and thoughts about lear...

We have been somewhere, even as we're moving forward. It's not good to always look back, but there is safety and comfort in revie...

Clouds and water are two forms of the same material. Water can reflect clouds, too. Clouds can cast shadow on water. There won...

I can breathe and be still and not be knocked down by thoughts. Thoughts can lift me up. I can turn down the volume. I can switch channels...

In our home, everything we do is an opportunity to learn something new or to make a new connection to something familiar, allowing each of ...

Karen James wrote: "Real learning is subtle...like a breath. Ethan said something kind of funny to my husband recently. He exclai...

Mix it up, with words and ideas. Be happily surprised. SandraDodd.com/surprise/ photo by Robert Gottlieb ___

Sometimes I want to whine. Sometimes I do. It never helps. When making a conscious decision about how to respond or how to react, ...

Shared from e-mail, with the author's permission: "I just started to think and learn about unschooling late last year, and ...

With anything, if a family moves from rules (about food, freedoms, clocks, what to wear) to something new, there's going to ...

If you're going the wrong direction, don't keep going. Check your direction photo by Sandra Dodd __

School served to prevent connections for me, but I overcame that, with difficulty. It is a problem my children never had. If Animaniacs co...

Parvine Shahid wrote: Eyo and I were looking through photos and we came across a couple he had taken during our last flight fro...

When you learn to give, it starts to flow, and the others around you are soft and giving and a family can generate a lot of joy! Focus, ...

Given a rich environment, learning becomes like the air—it's in and around us. Photo by Sandra Dodd The quote is the last line of t...

Online discussions of natural learning and parenting give people a serious opportunity to practice communicating clearly and carefull...