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The people I respect most have become little voices in my head, and I "consult" them when I'm making decisions in their ...

"I'm so delighted by unschooling now I feel like I finally get it. My kids, my family, our lives are really fantastic now - I o...

I had a Shakespeare professor who said "Three trees make a row," to confirm a pattern when a student noticed that someth...

If the "control force" is great with you, maybe use it to control your own clutter or organize your papers or rearrange your...

Karen James wrote: I think advice of any kind can get in the way of unschooling if it is taken as truth without some reflection. Unschool...

Lyle Perry wrote: I know how scary it is to think about letting go of what's 'normal', and I know it seems impossible to...

Keith and I have enjoyed our children and the success of our experiments and experiences has been a joint project at which we were very s...

Deb Lewis wrote: A principle internally motivates you to do the things that seem good and right. People develop principles by living...

The Globe Theatre and a hamburger connect here: Luckily for us all, we can see Shakespeare in our own homes, done by professionals, and...

Deb Lewis wrote: "Our town is small and we've been to the museums here more than once but we still find new things to do here....

Lyle Perry wrote: I know how scary it is to think about letting go of what's 'normal', and I know it seems impossible to...

I had a Shakespeare professor who said "Three trees make a row," to confirm a pattern when a student noticed that something had ap...

I wrote this of Kirby, in 2005 when he was 18 years old: He's confident in his skin, in his mind, and in his being. He's not...

Please take time for reflection. Take time for your mind to be calm and quiet. Take time to be open to input, not busy creating output. ...

[W]hen their whole real life is this, is natural learning, is making choices about real things in their real lives, and having the leeway a...

When you're talking to young children who are figuring out their new language and their new world, avoid saying "alway...

A different approach to life yields a very different set of results. You don't have to turn 180 degrees from the way you would have li...