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People with younger kids who "are not writing," think again. Are they joking with you and others? When they ask questions, d...

Deciding to homeschool, and then to unschool, was one of the toughest decisions I ever made. But I have to say that it has unequivocab...

Many years ago I had a profound moment, watching a family therapist/psychologist on Phil Donahue's talk show. He said many family pro...

Meredith Novak said: In a way unschooling could be said to have a recipe or to use a recipe as a jumping off point. But it's not a r...

Deb Lewis wrote: All those questions about how a kid would learn if he didn't go to school and my answers were things like "I thi...

Karen James wrote: I've climbed big hills (physically and metaphorically) like this for a couple of decades now. I don't ...

All three of my children were here for Christmas. The youngest is twenty-five. Twenty-five years ago this summer, we did not register our...

School served to prevent connections for me, but I overcame that, with difficulty. It is a problem my children never had. If Animaniacs co...

At a couple of conferences, I've asked participants to share. The question was: Who inspired you? Who helped you move to...

We seek out interesting “scenic routes” in real and figurative ways. SandraDodd.com/why photo by Marty Dodd, in rural ...

I cannot fathom wanting my son to have Less of whatever brings him joy. Because as far as I know, he will only live once—and I w...

When someone says "I struggle with..." the answer is "stop struggling." Not to give up on change, but instead of s...

It's not easy to tell the profound from the trivial as it's happening. Sometimes the profound slips into the "not so ...

As our children get older, our perspective changes, but no matter how lofty the view, we can't see forever. Deb Lewis wrote: ...