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Schuyler Waynforth wrote: [A relative once said] that he thought science was one of those things that must be taught in school. He f...

Joyce Fetteroll wrote: It usually takes a long time before people new to unschooling stop looking for new rules to replace old one...

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

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

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...

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

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

Once a mom was being argumentative and defensive. She deleted a long discussion out of spite or frustration, but some of us rescued it. H...

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...

Learning feels good. It is satisfying and intrinsically rewarding. Irrelevant rewards can have unintended side effects that do not support ...

It's true; the subscription provider has changed. Feedburner is closing at the end of June, and another company offered to import five b...

I’m not trying to be scary. I’m trying to pick ideas up and turn them over and see if they work, how they work, how they might be tweaked...

Remember you don't need a museum to find things your kids will be fascinated by and learn from. You probably have things righ...

Yesterday I bent over and picked an inch-tall tumbleweed sprout from a crack in a sidewalk. It was a tiny bit of community service. ...

The separation of learning and fun is the only thing that keeps learning from BEING fun. Perhaps this will be seen as preaching to the ch...

Jenny Cyphers wrote: It's such a big part of our culture to get it done now, fix it all now, make it happen now, do, do, do, do. So...

"Everything in moderation… no. Not everything. Not very many things at all. Bad things at the minimum, good things to the maxim...

"Teaching" is a problem, in an unschooling light. Learning is the goal, and teaching gets in the way. SandraDodd.com/teac...

Where I didn't expect to see it, there was a small, quiet, mysterious depth. A beautiful plant was growing from it. It reminded me ...

Some parents express their learning as "struggle" or "challenge," but those words are antagonistic. Try to relax, and tr...