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IF an unschooling mom is letting her child play video games while she makes him food, and if someone else says "You're being ...

Any subjects leads to every other subject, and every other connection of any sort. Rather than sorting things out with your children, tr...

Some people confuse respect and courtesy. Some people confuse nicey-niceness with respect. But real respect changes action and affects...

Kelli Traaseth wrote: When I started unschooling, I thought it was just an educational approach. But as we went along in our lives, so ...

Someone wrote: I see so many families trying 'no limits' and then… I responded: Two problems: "trying" and "no...

Deb Lewis wrote: Once you’re really listening to your kids and not your sense of injustice, you’ll find that answering them and...

Find the light moments, and the laughter, with your child. Be as soothing as you can be, because soothing them will also soothe you. Be ...

Your own dwelling place is a small part of the whole universe. The things you have collected, and that you use, are all part of the univ...

Laurie Wolfrum wrote: Whatever you decide to say, be kind to them. Don’t criticize, belittle or shame them for making different decis...

Photos with layers keep catching my eye. Balloonists learn that there are layers in the air, where the wind is going different speeds or...

Keith and I have enjoyed our children and the success of our experiments and experiences has been a joint project at which we were very s...

In advice to a fearful mom, Tara Joe Farrel wrote: Unschooling advice—or deschooling oneself—does not change just because the kids get olde...

Every day he's away from school, negative effects will fade. But just as with any scab, scratching it and rubbing dirt in it isn...

The words and photo below are by Karen James. I would not have been able to find or write anything better to go with this beautiful photo t...

New discussion, on Facebook, as of August 1 Unschooling Discussion 2020 [Still there as an archive. —Sandra, 2021] photo by Sandra Dodd

Remember that different people see things differently, maybe because they're younger, or shorter, or more interested in the mountains...

Like layers of an onion someone can understand unschooling, and be calm, and then discover... Oh! I could extend these principles to my spou...

Rests can be short or long. Resting isn't always sleeping. Sleeping doesn't always last long. SandraDodd.com/sleep/outs...

Something we have in common with our most ancient ancestors, and our most distant cousins, is our need for water and...

Many things have lots of layers. "In-depth knowledge" is about knowing more than just the surface of an idea. SandraDodd.c...