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Change takes time. Don't send the bill. Don't "be nice" for two months and then say "I was nice and you weren't a...

Someone wrote once: "I really have to be vigilant on myself and try not to control." I was amused, but responded, in par...

Unschooling takes a long time to learn. Rushing a child to understand something complicated while the parent isn’t even looking in the ri...

"I've helped my kids by going toward what they wanted, and been generous, and they've been the same toward me. Sweet. I like...

Each journey begins with a single step, they say, but steps in the wrong direction don't get you to a good place. Milling around for ...

I've given this advice to newlyweds, and to my oldest child the first time he had a roommate: Don't aim for 50/50. If 50% i...

Parents can't guarantee safety and health for their children. And unschooling is about learning and about experiencing the world, not...

Half-empty cups are substantially different from half-full cups. It's not just theoretical holy water in those cups. Th...

There are MANY people who came to unschooling and honestly tried to consider the ideas, and they tried the suggestions, and their families s...

Rebellion for the sake of rebellion is as bad as conformity for the sake of conformity. SandraDodd.com/issues photo by Karen Jame...

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 ...

Just live life amazed. —Joyce Fetteroll SandraDodd.com/discovery photo by Lisa Jonick ___

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...

Those who went to school (and that's over 99% of those reading this) have based half their lives, give or take a decade, on sc...

I've accomplished a lot of personal healing and family progress by treating my children the way I wish I could have been treated wh...