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The quote is from "Knowing Everything." The title refers to something Kirby asked me when he was little. The rest of the essay is here: SandraDodd.com/zeneverything. The story also appears in the book Moving a Puddle.
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Monday, March 26, 2018
Your child's mother
"Instead of being my mother's child, I am my children's mother."
Sunday, March 25, 2018
A side effect of unschooling
—Joyce Fetteroll
photo by Cátia Maciel
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Saturday, March 24, 2018
Choice by choice
photo by Cathy Koetsier
Friday, March 23, 2018
Safe and comfortable
Jenny Cyphers wrote:
In my own experience, I am the protector of my child. From the day each child was born, I took on the responsibility to ensure that my children were safe and comfortable and loved and supported. That didn't stop when we disagreed. It didn't stop when the stakes were high. It didn't stop just because it was a difficult part of life"
—Jenny Cyphers
photo by Amber Ivey
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Thursday, March 22, 2018
The more you know...
The more you know about something, the more you can know, because there are more and more hooks to hang more information on—more dots to connect.
photo by Jo Isaac
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Children want to learn
"We who believe that children want to learn about the world, are good at it, and can be trusted to do it with very little adult coercion or interference, are probably no more than one percent of the population, if that. And we are not likely to become the majority in my lifetime."
—John Holt
Teach Your Own
Teach Your Own
photo by Karen James
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
The peace of the world
Everyone who helps others unschool or to live peacefully with their children is contributing to the peace of the world.
SandraDodd.com/politics
(I wimped out of leaving the full, real quote, but I left the positive part.)
photo by Megan Valnes
(I wimped out of leaving the full, real quote, but I left the positive part.)
photo by Megan Valnes
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