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Nicole Kenyon wrote, December 25, 2020: My husband came home the other day saying he had the perfect Christmas present for our 9 ye...

If parents want to be unschoolers, they need to figure out how to be better parents, because it's the relationship between the par...

Joyce Fetteroll wrote: When kids know their parents are on their sides, when parents help them find safe ways to do what they want to...

Sandra Dodd (in 2017—general discussion, not unschooling): There is a natural need in people to know the "us" and the ...

In 2012, I responded to a mom's frustration about how to limit, or not, TV and computer use. There are many benefits to letti...

We didn't have problems with our unlimited turns, but it's because nobody ever played longer than he really wanted to just to ke...

Joyce Fetteroll wrote: It helped me think more clearly about unschooling when I realized unschooling isn’t something kids do. Unsc...

Joyce Fetteroll wrote: Schooling works by pouring expertly selected bits of the world into a child. (Or trying to, anyway!) Unschoo...

My Favorite things about Unschooling You can do it at home! Your kids are there! It makes all of life a peaceful learning lab....

Look directly at your child. Practice watching your child without expectations. Try to see what he is really doing, rather than seeing...

When you make a deal with someone—and I don't care if it's marriage, partnership, a little business, a lemonade stand, going o...

Hema Bharadwaj , in an interview: Sandra: If you could give all unschoolers something by magic to help them ...

Pam Sorooshian wrote: It would be very useful if parents stop using the term "screen time." It is insulting and adversarial....

Response to this: I tend to err on the side of just spending time together. Don't think of it as erring. And don't think of it ...

Meredith wrote something in April 2011 about what the grandparents want... It's helpful to keep in mind that one of the big thi...

The problem I see with measured turns is that the quality of game play is compromised. If someone sees the clock and that's when the...

Joanna Murphy wrote: With trust, the world opens up, horizons expand and life can seem exciting and limitless. Without trus...

"Things change. Our kids get older. They outgrow stages we think they never will. They learn all they need to know, in their own t...

I'm sharing this photo and note from Megan Valnes, with her permission: Hello Sandra! I thought of you today while observing m...

What SHOULD I be doing as an unschooling parent? More. Better than school Making memories Unschooling Very Well Sand...