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Thursday, April 19, 2018
Defuse frustration
Joyce Fetteroll wrote:
SandraDodd.com/mindfulparenting
photo by Joshua Harkness
photo by Joshua Harkness
Monday, February 12, 2018
A light on your path
"Notice what excites & inspires you, because your excitement is a light in the right direction on your path of life."
—Holly Dodd
photo by Sandra, of shields at Marty Dodd's house
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Friday, July 28, 2017
Quiet time for parents
With a mind open to change, then, go here: Read a little...
Children need time to heal. Quiet time is probably better than constant noise, no matter how much the noise is intended to express love and reassurance.
photo by Hinano
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Sunday, June 18, 2017
How do you decide?
So how do you choose? You decide where you want to go before you decide to turn left or right, don't you?
Just like that.
The way to know the right direction is to identify the wrong direction.
photo by Sandra Dodd
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Thursday, April 20, 2017
Radiation
photo by Sandra Dodd
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Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Curiosity and gusto
In the middle of something a little longer, about becoming an unschooling parent, Pam Sorooshian wrote: Pam Sorooshian, on SandraDodd.com/lazy/parents
photo by Sandra Dodd
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Overly self-centered people can't do it because it requires a lot of empathy. People with too many personal problems that they haven't addressed in their own lives probably can't do it because they are too distracted by those.People who are too negative or cynical can't do it because they tend to crush interest and joy, not build it up. People who lack curiosity and a certain amount of gusto for life can't really do it.
On the other hand, we grow into it. Turns out that we parents learn, too.
So—when we are making moves, taking steps, in the direction of unschooling, turns out the trail starts to open up in front of us and we get more and more sure-footed as we travel the unschooling path.
photo by Sandra Dodd
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Saturday, April 16, 2016
Aware of words
Heather Booth wrote:
One of the things that helped when I started unschooling was becoming aware of the words I used. The clearer I became in my thoughts and the more aware of the impact of my words, the better I was at being an unschooling parent.
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"Read a little, try a little, wait a while, watch" and "Say yes more" are great phrases to get you going in the right direction but if you are still saying "have to" or "junk food " or "screen time" then you're stuck in negative thoughts.
—Heather Booth
photo by Sandra Dodd
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Thursday, March 31, 2016
Positive, abundant gratitude
photo by Chrissy Florence
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Saturday, February 27, 2016
Point of view
"Being mindful won't prevent kids from getting frustrated but it will be a huge step in the right direction. Seeing the world from kids' point of view will help you understand why they are reacting to the world as they are." —Joyce Fetteroll |
photo by Nancy Machaj
Sunday, December 27, 2015
Quiet enough to hear
—Sarah Thompson
photo by Susan Gaissert
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Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Direction
SandraDodd.com/direction
Photo by Charles Lagacé, in Nunavut.
Marie-France Talbot, the mom, wrote:
"Snow inuksuk (inuktitut for person subtitute) made by my husband and sons. They are usually made of rocks and they indicate direction."
Monday, October 12, 2015
Is this the way?
If you're going the wrong direction, don't keep going. |
photo by Sandra Dodd
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Monday, April 13, 2015
Who inspired you?
Who inspired you? Who helped you move toward better parenting and unschooling?
They might not even be unschoolers. They might have said one thing, one time.
Please think about this. If someone said or did something that changed the course of your life in this direction, and if you want to acknowledge that (with or without their name), please leave a comment or write to me and I'll add a new section of acknowledgements on the page linked below.
photo by Dylan Lewis
Friday, April 10, 2015
Am I doing enough?
Karen James wrote:
I asked the same question a few years back. I got an excellent, but unexpected reply. I was told if I thought I wasn't doing enough, then to do more. Now, if our unschooling days start to feel a bit stale to me, I try to make them lively again by using what I know about my son to introduce something(s) fresh to our experience. Doing this has never lead me astray. It might take me in a completely different direction from what I had in mind, but, to me, that's a big part of the fun of this life.
—Karen James
photo of Holly Dodd, by someone with her camera, in 2008
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Gradual Change
Leah Rose wrote:
The leaps I've tried to take always seem to leave me feeling shaky and uncertain that I'm on the right track. When I inch forward in baby steps the ground feels solid and I know I'm heading in the right direction. I know it's working when I'm at peace. That's the marker I look for.
—Leah Rose
photo by Eileen Mahowald
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Change for the better
With apologies to male readers... adjust as necessary.
You don't have to change everything. You can't change everything at once anyway. If you start acting consciously and mindfully with a goal in mind (more peaceful, richer environment, more patient, more gentle—whatever direction or combination of principles you want to hold as your guiding lights), you can and will be a better (more conscious, more thoughtful) mother, and a better person.
SandraDodd.com/choices
photo by Sandra Dodd
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I wrote "have to."
Perhaps it was in response to someone having used it in her "yeah but..."
I could have written "You don't have to change everything, yet everything will change."
photo by Sandra Dodd
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I wrote "have to."
Perhaps it was in response to someone having used it in her "yeah but..."
I could have written "You don't have to change everything, yet everything will change."
Friday, January 9, 2015
Easy, but wait...
photo by Sandra Dodd of mugs by Brenna McBroom
The image refers to something later in the linked article.
My bamboo spatula looks like a piece of toast here, but it's not.
I didn't realize this photo would need so many notes!
Sunday, November 16, 2014
One way or the other...
So how do you choose? You decide where you want to go before you decide to turn left or right, don't you?
Just like that.
The way to know the right direction is to identify the wrong direction.
photo by Sandra Dodd
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Thursday, October 2, 2014
Building or breaking
Every time you speak or act, you build or break. The softer you can be, the more whole they will be. |
SandraDodd.com/direction
photo by Sandra Dodd
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Relationships and Wholeness
"Intellectually, I got unschooling all the way from the very beginning. The part that took more time was relationships and wholeness. When I got THAT, that is when things started happening in the direction that made unschooling work great!"
—Jenny Cyphers
photo by Jenny Cyphers (and it's a link)
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