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Karen James wrote: Freedom is a lovely word. It’s a huge concept. It has a very meaningful place in our society. It is important to a...

A person can only "refuse" what is demanded, maybe, the same way a child can only rebel against something that is required a...

"Yesterday" in 2004: I still see "subject areas" everywhere, but I haven't taught those categories and prej...

Create an environment filled with exploration and fun, so that learning will happen. Parent should learn enough about learning to c...

Sarah Anderson-Thimmes wrote: TV topics are a great conversation link between my kids and schooled kids. They can talk about favori...

Joyce Fetteroll wrote: Don't worry if you don't know the answers. Anyone can look up the answers. Few can ask the questions. ...

Me, 2005: If the parent can come to think before acting, so can the child.     "Wait. That's Holly's. Do you want anot...

My favourite response of Ethan's to many questions that are geared to have one right answer is "It depends." I used to t...

Deb Lewis wrote: Learning is so easy, even cavemen did it. 🙂 Shell beads found in Algeria and Israel have been dated to 10...

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...

There is something warmly attractive about children's toys and books, even if they're not our own. Toys in every room photo...

A mom named Angela wrote: A gentler touch with ourselves, and others, is the best way for genuine improvement. You can’t yell at a ca...

Jen Keefe wrote: Getting to know my kids and subsequently all the amazingly cool "nerdy" things I never would have learned abo...

Someone had written that she had the urge to tell her daughters to do something more productive than playing My Little Ponies. Others ...

Health is much more than input/output. You cannot, by a dietary chart, create a whole, happy human. It is possible, by dietary restricti...

Meredith wrote: Sometimes the money question is about fears of not having enough to make home rich and joyful - can we really afford to...

Sometimes an antique is still in use. If you remember how exciting a little mechanical ride could be when you were a child, try to keep so...

Today is Star Wars Day. Why? "'May the 4th' be with you"——that is why. It wasn't my idea. Learn Nothing Day ...

Pam Sorooshian: Learning requires a sense of safety. Fear blocks learning. Shame and embarrassment, stress and anxiety—these block lear...

It's kind of schoolish, the idea that the more one reads the more one knows. Unschooling is one of those things that isn't accomp...