Buffet in hell

There should be a special buffet in hell for parents who have personified foods and told their children that the orange juice will have its feelings hurt if the child doesn't taste it. No wonder some children lie to their parents!

From "Social Obligations and Oddities," page 168 (or 190)
of The Big Book of Unschooling
which recommends SandraDodd.com/eating/humor
photo by Sandra Dodd
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A mind full of possibilities

We have days full of togetherness, and a life full of peace. We live in a world full of ideas, and each has a mind full of possibilities.

SandraDodd.com/decisions
photo by Sandra Dodd

On the plate

Fear and food should not be served on the same plate.



Holly Dodd, from a talk for the Florida Unschooling Conference
SandraDodd.com/peace/noisy
(without that quote)

photo by Sandra Dodd

Gradual progress

If you decide how you want your home to be, and then make choices that get you nearer to that, things will get gradually better.

If you don't decide, or if you don't think of it many times a day when you make small choices, and decide how to act and react, then things won't get better.

Not every step will be forward, but if most of them are, then you'll make progress.

SandraDodd.com/moment
photo by Sandra Dodd

Bounty

"The more you look for bounty the more you will find it."

—Schuyler Waynforth

SandraDodd.com/schuylerwaynforth
photo by Sandra Dodd
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A better partner

Because you become a better partner, that partnership works better.

SandraDodd.com/partners/child
photo by Sandra Dodd; carving by Keith Dodd
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"What about structure?"

What about structure? People ask how, if a child is not pressed to live a structured school life, will he cope with "the real world" and its demands? One of my recent responses is here:

It doesn’t take ten years of practice for a kid to learn how to show up on time, and if they’re interested in doing something, they’ll probably get up early! All my children and very many more I’ve known have excelled in structured situations because they were there by choice and they weren’t sick to death of structure. They thought it was fun, when it was their option to be there or not.

Sandra Dodd Interview (Part II) on Rashmie Jaaju's "Mommy Labs" blog
photo by Sandra Dodd
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