photo by Colleen Prieto
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[Some families] had stopped doing school, and then stopped making their kids do anything, and now their kids were doing NOTHING.
Aside from the idea of the rich potential of their "nothing," the parents had gone from making their kids do everything, to "making them do nothing." And interestingly, it did make them "do nothing," at first. Or at least the parents couldn't see the new things they were doing.
Rather than moving from one edge of a dichotomy to the other, the goal is to move to a whole new previously unknown middle place.
Half of me says "bummer" and half of me says "cool!" and so at the balance point of those two, we continue to discuss unschooling.
Cameras can stop time. Memories can try. But really, the moment is gone and new moments are coming. Keep your balance, live lightly, be sweet. |
Harmony makes many things easier. When there is disharmony, everyone is affected. When there is harmony, everyone is affected, too.