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My goal isn't to help parents feel better about their parenting. I want to help their kids experience the joys of unschooling. Th...

I remember being in school and asking "Why do we need to know this?" I asked it, other kids asked it, and one answer I re...

Alex Polikowsky wrote (following an artsy rant, linked below): It takes time to get it. I have been reading and applying unschooling ...

Unschoolers have sometimes found that their children know whether they're hungry, and what they're hungry for, in the absence ...

Can you control your child's emotions? No. Can you affect your child's emotions? Yes. Everything you do, while you ha...

There are arbitrary limits that parents just make up, or copy from the neighbors. Then there are limits that have to do with laws, rules, ...

Favorite response to “What about socialization?” I say "What do you mean?" Usually the question is asked by rote, the sa...