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Most of unschooling has to happen inside the parents. They need to spend some time sorting out what is real from what is construct, an...

Karen James wrote: When you look at your children, see *them*, not the ideas of peace, joy, success or failure. Notice ...

In response to "I guess I'll feel my way?" I wrote: In the dark? Feel your way blindly? How will you know which way to...

Kelli Traaseth wrote: When I started unschooling, I thought it was just an educational approach. But as we went along in our lives, so ...

Near you there are many many plain and simple things that you might overlook for being commonplace, everyday, throwaway backgrou...

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...

There are paths that lead away from unschooling and paths that lead toward it. There are ways to do it better and ways to torpedo it irre...

Deb Lewis wrote, when her son was young: Our town is small and we've been to the museums here more than once but we st...

Colleen Prieto wrote: I do my best to make sure my son is undamaged. I was told when I was a child “you haven’t earned happy yet – talk t...

Joyce Fetteroll wrote: They won't be three forever! Their understanding and needs will grow and change as they get older. Convention...

My strongly held belief about most things is that no one knows for sure, knowledge grows and changes, but that stress and fear are always ha...

Where we are in relationship to others changes all the time, with physical realities of space, place, size and age, mood, waking and sle...

The phrases "ought to" and "supposed to" are so old, and have been recited for so many years (hundreds of years) without...

Like layers of an onion someone can understand unschooling, and be calm, and then discover... Oh! I could extend these principles to my spou...

[Historically...] Nobody kept their kids home for 18 or 20 years just discussing life with them, hanging out, playing games. We prob...

Sometimes there are deadlines and commitments. This week, for us, a baby shower, and a college graduation. If Keith misses his pain-clini...

Each idea, object, concept, person, song, motion—anything you can think of—has personal associations for you. You have an incalculable mass...

"Look for ways to be a helpful partner to your kids—you've got the car keys and the money, you can facilitate their exploration ...

Fun / home / family is more welcoming (and helpful for unschooling) than not-school / your-behavior / autonomy. from Radical Uns...

So how do you choose? You decide where you want to go before you decide to turn left or right, don't you? Just like that. ...