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In a discussion of something else, regarding an actress, someone wrote: I admit I love her on [a series she was on]. But oh...

Things change. Even in the best of peaceful circumstances, things change. Keep your balance, find gratitude and abundance, and accept ...

Cynicism feels like intelligence. Pessimism can feel like energy conservation. Eeyore never jumps up and runs. Eeyore never bothers t...

QUESTION: But I wonder how we are preparing them for adulthood then? Joyce Fetteroll's ANSWER: How did you prepare your n...

When people ask about being happier and more positive, the answer can't help but be the same. BE happier. BE positive. But as wi...

People who talk too much can damage their kids' willingness to listen, but I think they can also disturb the peace in deep and hurtf...

Rippy wrote: If parents of school children ask, I usually say our homeschooling is pretty eclectic. I may give certain examples such as...

Would you rather live in the stone age, or live now? (Hint: You don't actually have a choice.) Brie Jontry, responding to some...

Principles instead of rules means not to decide in advance what you're going to do, but to know what you believe and what your prior...

Someone else's question, and part of my answer: As much as I read,... I seem to slide right back into schoolish ways. How long doe...

Unschooling is not easy to understand. Even people who are ready and really want it will take years. Read a little, try a little, wa...

Accept and admire beauty if you can, instead of dismissing things as "just..."       Just a stump.              Just a da...

We wanted to protect them from trauma and frustration. That's not always possible, but it was a goal. We tried not to be the source o...

Karen James wrote: Attachment parenting, then unschooling, showed me that I'm a better person than I ever believed. I'm capable ...

"A life well lived is one where our motivation for doing what we do is clear in our own minds and hearts." —Karen James Be, be...

If you don't feel you will be happy, then you won't be. The largest part of happiness has to do with gratitude and joy. Either o...

There are things that most kids do, that most adults have done, that can seem ho-hum and same-old. Don't be bored and bo...

Watch your language, because then you wlll see thought processes you might not have seen otherwise. Watch your thoughts, because without d...

Unschooling allows free use of any and all bits of information, not just school's small set. A grid based first on cartoon characters...

The internet makes the big world small. We can see new photos from a future day or an opposite season. The internet allows...