When I was a child and was assigned chores, I learned to do the job in a rudimentary fashion as quickly as possible. My kids never learned any such thing, and when they work at jobs, they work hard and happily.
photo by Jill Parmer
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Thursday, February 20, 2014
Work hard and happily
When I was a child and was assigned chores, I learned to do the job in a rudimentary fashion as quickly as possible. My kids never learned any such thing, and when they work at jobs, they work hard and happily.
photo by Jill Parmer
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Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Deep and clear
When we started unschooling, my mom kept saying that she was worried I would "lose myself" in it—that I wouldn't have time for myself. She was very very wrong. I found myself and very very deep meaning to life and a much more clear sense of what's important.
—Pam Sorooshian
photo by Sandra Dodd
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Where are you living?
photo by Colleen Prieto
Live in joy (June 2012) and Time, change, learning
Monday, February 17, 2014
Holly likes green chile
Green chile is a New Mexico staple. Ten or twelve years ago, I wrote this, in a discussion about reading:
We've used this "someday you will" or "you just don't yet" about all kinds of things, from reading to caring about the opposite sex to foods. Holly doesn't like green chile yet. She figures she will ("When my taste buds die" she jokes), because her brothers didn't used to and now they do. Kirby lately started liking mushrooms. Marty still doesn't like spinach yet, but we haven't branded him "a spinach hater," and I don't think anyone should consider a child "a non-reader," just one who "doesn't read yet."
photo by Sandra Dodd
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Simply put...
When you are kind, it changes the kind of person you are. When you are patient, it makes you a better person.
More simply put, kind is kinder, patient is more patient and better is better.
SandraDodd.com/mentalhealth
photo by Bruno Machado
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More simply put, kind is kinder, patient is more patient and better is better.
photo by Bruno Machado
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Saturday, February 15, 2014
A happy little life
"I concluded a year or so ago that, if there is such a thing as reincarnation, I'd like to come back as a little flame on a birthday candle sometime. It would be a very short cycle, but man, it would be a happy one."
—Gina Trujillo
photo by SouleMama
Friday, February 14, 2014
Protection can backfire
Something Joyce Fetteroll wrote in September 2010:
What if you live your life fearing the worst and guarding against it? Your child will grow up immersed in the idea the world is scary and stronger than he is and he needs armor (or mom) to protect him. (As much as you might try, you won't be able to hide your fears from him.) Is that what you want?
Or he'll think you're full of baloney. He'll see people doing the things you fear—like drinking soda—and they're healthy and strong. He'll then realize you don't know what you're talking about and tune you out. That won't be so good when your fears are justified (like about unprotected sex and drinking and driving.)
Those are worst case scenarios but it's likely he'll have a bit of those if you live your life protecting him from the world.
Related ideas: SandraDodd.com/trust.html
photo by Sandra Dodd
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What if you live your life fearing the worst and guarding against it? Your child will grow up immersed in the idea the world is scary and stronger than he is and he needs armor (or mom) to protect him. (As much as you might try, you won't be able to hide your fears from him.) Is that what you want?
Or he'll think you're full of baloney. He'll see people doing the things you fear—like drinking soda—and they're healthy and strong. He'll then realize you don't know what you're talking about and tune you out. That won't be so good when your fears are justified (like about unprotected sex and drinking and driving.)
Those are worst case scenarios but it's likely he'll have a bit of those if you live your life protecting him from the world.
—Joyce Fetteroll
photo by Sandra Dodd
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