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Saturday, August 9, 2014
Become trustworthy
photo by Lisa Jonick
Monday, June 6, 2022
Lifelong learning from TV and video
Calling something crap has never given anyone joy, but Bob the Builder has.
photo by Meredith Dew
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Giving up, gaining strength
De Smith wrote:
At one point in my early struggles to grasp the concept, I "threw in the towel", thinking that it wasn't "working", and decided I was going back to traditional parenting! Within a day, I knew I could never be that parent, again—if I ever had totally been that parent. I found that once you learned how to respect someone, you couldn't ignore that and treat them with less value, with less honor just because you decided so. For a day or so, that had me desperate and flailing. Eventually, I found it strengthening—it backed up the ideas I so loved and wanted for my family.
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—De Smith
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Thursday, June 21, 2012
Contagious good parenting
Being a good parent makes a person more attractive to the other parent, and makes the other parent grateful and respectful. Gratitude and respect make it easier to have compassion and patience.
photo by Sandra Dodd
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Monday, August 8, 2022
Stand strong, gently
Whatever you decide to say, be kind to them. Don’t criticize, belittle or shame them for making different decisions or living differently than you do. Give them the respect that you wish they’d give to you.
Something that might help in any case is to explain that –
- Periodically we evaluate how things are going.
- Nothing is written in stone.
- For now, this works for us.
- We’ll see how things go.
—Laurie Wolfrum
from a presentation on politely withstanding and deflecting criticism
from a presentation on politely withstanding and deflecting criticism
photo by Sandra Dodd
Something looks like this:
bridge,
fence,
layers,
reflection,
water
Monday, May 16, 2016
Hope and gratitude
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I hope you find some unschoolers you can trust and respect to help you through the rough spots if you have any, and to share your joys and successes. I know that some of you will become trusted and respected helpers for future unschoolers.
Thank you for the honesty and clarity you might bring to the lives of others now and in years to come.
which links to SandraDodd.com/integrity
photo by Holly Dodd
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Sunday, August 27, 2017
Making the world better
"The longer I live the more convinced I am that the way children are parented/raised has the greatest potential for changing the world. Raising whole, healthy people makes the world better."
SandraDodd.com/respect
photo by Sandra Dodd
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—Brie Jontry
SandraDodd.com/respect
photo by Sandra Dodd
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