Just Add Light and Stir

So what do we need besides seeing things in a new light, trying to be more understanding about noise and mess, and being our childr...

"How will they learn everything they need to know?" Do the best of the high school graduates know everything they need to kn...

Joyce Fetteroll wrote: Teaching is pouring knowledge over a child. Whether a child takes it in is not in the teacher's power. Wh...

Here's the link that didn't work yesterday (working now): The 1st biggie for me was the food issue . I read 'let them eat what ...

Recovering from school is only part of a parent's deschooling process. Trust is involved, but it's an evolving trust. Firs...

To my children, I'm someone who's getting old who could hold them back (in a way). To me, though, I have all the stages my chi...

Try to be a good unschooling parent, a generous freedom-nurturing parent, a parent providing a peaceful nest, a parent wanting to be eac...

Do your best to do your best. You won't regret making more positive choices. SandraDodd.com/better on my site and "Better...

If a person wants to live in the light of his goals and intentions, then the "better choices" need to be made in that light...

Ah-HA! I recently saw how far I've come. I knew that. Now I *know* that. I am pretty sure I understand now! Those quotes...

Make the world more peaceful by being a peaceful part of the world. SandraDodd.com/peace/becoming photo by Eva Witsel

Games can be family history, and art. Games can be culture and togetherness. It's okay if games are old and made of wood, and seeds or...

Deb Lewis wrote: If you could not have both or if it was rare to have both, consider which would be more important, having your...

As my kids get older...I'm seeing more vividly the results of parenting choices, not just in them, but in their more conventionall...

[For unschooling to work...] The parents need to be truly interested in their children as people, not just as symbols or irritants or m...

Q: How will you know if they're learning? A: Teachers need to measure and document because they need to show progress so they can ...

If there is a method to unschooling it's certainly not a simple one. It involves changing one's stance and viewpoint on just about ...

Meredith Novak wrote: A great deal of parenting "wisdom" is made up of things "everyone knows" because every...

Gail Higgins, an unschooling mom, wrote of this photo: "Opossum staredown. Surprise photo op 😀" It reminds me of those unex...

Set it out, don't try to shove it in. That line is from small talk I gave once, to dads only. I was talking about logic—to dra...