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Change one thing: timing, route, store, choices, order, station, dishes... One change affects other perceptions and connections. ...

Look around you for simple bits of older art, technology and history. See and appreciate these quiet antiques. SandraDodd.com/c...

Becoming the sort of person you hope your child will be, or that your child will respect, is more valuable than years of therapy. And it’...

Joyce Fetteroll wrote: Being mindful won't prevent kids from getting frustrated but it will be a huge step in the right direction. See...

Colleen Prieto wrote: Realize your unschooling life and someone else’s unschooling life won’t look exactly just the same, and that’s ...

If a parent can learn how to "facilitate learning"—to help a child get what he needs or wants—rather than to direct or try to ow...

John Quincy Adams is credited with having said, “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are ...

"I don't need to stuff him full of who I need him to be, because he's already full of who he is." —Schuyler Wayn...

Reading about unschooling without doing it is like reading a cookbook without making any food, or reading woodworking project books witho...

It can be a happy spiral upward, when feeling better about being a good mom makes one a better parent, and the child smiles and laughs, and ...

Pam Sorooshian wrote: Think about what is REALLY important and keep that always in the forefront of your interactions with your ...

When children choose their foods, they will choose things you didn't expect! SandraDodd.com/eating/balance photo by Sandra Dodd ...

My children have no reason to dodge or manipulate..., because Keith and I haven't concocted any made-up arbitrary rules and their ...

The terms "web" and "net" have both been commandeered by the internet. The idea of a grid or web or matrix to represent...

When you don't know what to do, try not to do anything. Wait a bit.    Think. Breathe.       Smile. SandraDodd.com/b...

"My kids think learning is what life is for. And I agree with them." —Pam Sorooshian SandraDodd.com/pam/learningworl...

If you want to avoid learning, it's best not to look, or read, or wonder. Don't even click links. photo by nobody; avoid photos

Museums and historical markers can be fun, but most of the history around us is unmarked and undocumented. Every little bit of trivia g...

"The unschooling environment I create at home is just a wonderful collection of the best examples I have from the past and the ...

If beginners don't go through a phase in which they REALLY focus on seeing learning outside of academic formalities, they wil...