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It can be a happy spiral upward, when feeling better about being a good mom makes one a better parent, and the child smiles and laughs, and ...

TV, its critics say, will cause a child to turn into a zombie. So does reading a book—they sit just staring. So does going to a conce...

Deb Lewis wrote: Unschooling works well when parents are interesting, positive, thoughtful, considerate, generous, passionate, hones...

Once upon a time (in December 2003), there was a very busy day. My kids were 12, 14 and 17 or so: Yesterday we had from seven to seve...

"Choose to have fun! Fear will hold you back. Guilt and shame will set in to cloud thinking and stunt progress. Having the courage to h...

Embrace your present moment instead of yearning for what you don't have. I love the saying 'the grass is always greener where you wa...

A mom named Maya wrote: Living from principles, rather than fears, is the easiest way to grok unschooling, as far as I can tell. (But ...