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Someone said one time that she counts to ten and then she's still mad so what should she do, and a couple of people said "Cou...

From some questions after a conference: Q: When your child asks about something, for example "How do you write this letter?...

If people learn to use "learn" instead of "teach," it helps them move to another angle, to see things through a...

We LOVE our lives right now! Each day is truly an adventure and a place of peace and security for my children now. I hope that those who...

When people insist that "all unschooling is" is just homeschooling without a curriculum or without lessons, I don't disagre...

For better or for worse, this moment will pass. Be where you are, and try to accept the changes with hope and grace. Old and New ph...

Universe-in-a-Drop-of-Water Method: Can one intense interest come to represent or lead to all others? A mom once complained that her so...

Joyce Fetteroll wrote: If a parent has found something that works for their family without understanding why it worked and how much pe...

Someone said one time that she counts to ten and then she's still mad so what should she do, and a couple of people said "Count s...

Part of self awareness is to be physically self aware. One deep breath leads to another selfie(s) by Holly Dodd (there wer...

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...

For unschooling to work, the relationship of the parent to the child needs to become so clean and clear that the parent is being, and not...

There are people whose lives have been transformed because they wanted good relationships with their children and they took small, simpl...

(When some unschooled kids found the terms "class clown" and "teacher's pet," they didn't understand the conc...

Usually I remind people to see things directly . Today I'm inviting people to play with light and images though, and—just for fun—to loo...

We don't always see things clearly and directly. Two people, in the same place, will have different perceptions and reactions. You...

Once someone was going on about power, and giving children power over themselves, and the power to decide what to learn. As we had been tal...

An unschooling moment of realization (one of those things that you know, but have a moment of knowing it even more): Learning is...

"I'm amazed at not only the change in me but also how the little changes in our family form random, occasional pockets...

This is my writing, in 2003, when my kids were 12, 14, 17 or so. Sometimes one will say "I'm really not feeling good,...