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When a newcomer was very confused, Meredith Novak wrote: The basis of unschooling comes from seeing learning as a substantial huma...

In a 2005 discussion, someone asked: Where is the line drawn? (Because of the inherent power difference between parents and children,...

Joyce Fetteroll wrote: Wanting your family to be happy, joyful and learning seems a perfectly fine goal! But you won't get t...

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

We just had our 33rd wedding anniversary last week. Someone wished me well on my page and said she hoped we did something fun. I said ...

Meredith Novak wrote: A great deal of parenting "wisdom" is made up of things "everyone knows" because every...

I would help my kids with anything they needed help with, if I had the time and patience. When I didn't do so, I wasn't being ...

Sink-Like-a-Stone Method: Instead of skimming the surface of a subject or interest, drop anchor there for a while. If someone is...

When children choose their foods, they will choose things you didn't expect! SandraDodd.com/eating/balance photo by Sandra Dodd ...

Part of something longer (linked below): If your childhood abuse and neglect have left a lot of closed-off areas inside you, it would...

Summer MacDonald wrote: Laundry is love. I love each person whose pants I am washing and folding. I love each meal I have shared with ...

An online friend, in response to a photo of my family, when I was a teen (me in the middle with stripes): I'm looking at that pretty y...

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,...

Parents new to unschooling tend to worry that some activities are good preparation for life, but others are frivolous and should be forbid...

Sandra Dodd to Deb Lewis: If I could describe all your writing in just a few words, it might be "Peace, humor and scary monsters....

Lea Goin wrote: I just realized my children turn down sweets all the time! I've tried to maintain a candy bowl in hands reach ...

I remember being in school and asking "Why do we need to know this?" I asked it, other kids asked it, and one answer I re...

Joyce Feteroll wrote: Thank them! Even if they haven't done it the way you would. Even if they've done less than you think the...

Terminology reflects thought and belief. Sometimes just a slight shift in terminology will release the mental block that keeps pe...

Kelly Schultz, at the end of a longer account of learning from Barbie Everywhere we go, we meet women who have loved their Barbies, yo...