photo by Sandra Dodd
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Doors might stay closed a while
photo by Sandra Dodd
Monday, June 22, 2020
More and more cheerfully
You should help him pick up his toys, and the more cheerfully you do that, the more cheerfully he will help you. |
photo by Meredith Dew
Sunday, June 21, 2020
Breathe and smile
Who you are, no one else can be.
Who you are now is not who you were before. Who you are today is not who you will be tomorrow.
Breathe and smile and step toward your future.
photo by Elise Lauterbach ___
Saturday, June 20, 2020
Bigger and smaller
One of the easiest things is to try to keep something the same size all the time. It's easy to try, not easy to accomplish. People and their surroundings change. What was cozy can seem too small. The size of a problem, or a thought, a dish or a bathtub, can seem to change depending on circumstances, and on what you're thinking when you look at it. Children grown and change.
Still unschooling endures, and Zann Carter, who took this self-portrait, wrote "to me unschooling is as positive as unchaining, unbinding, unleashing, unfolding, unfurling, unlimiting...."
Zann's beautiful writing helped many people understand unschooling, when the ideas were newer.
photo by Zann Carter
Friday, June 19, 2020
Limit limitations
If you limit things, kids just want them more. If you wouldn't limit books or Lego-playing time, why would you limit the Unless they really have choices they aren't really making choices. |
photo by Renee Cabatic
Thursday, June 18, 2020
Right there, right then
Pour kindness and generosity out, and there will be more kindness and generosity right then. |
photo by Chelsea Thurman Artisan
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Being means being
Pushpa Ramachandran wrote about being with her child:
“Being” with her means being mindful...
“Being” with her means being available to play...
“Being” with her means being emotionally available...
“Being” with her means being connected. In body, spirit and mind. Connection translates to being curious about something that she might have found. Connection translates to trying to find more things that might tie into something that she might have liked before. Connection could translate to being excited about a bug or a thread or a cartoon. It means creating a life that is full of rich experiences, some of which might be jumping in puddles, or holding a snake. Others might involve just going grocery shopping or scrubbing the kitchen floor. The idea of connection at the core, I think, is to feel alive, rejoice in her feeling alive and live those moments together.
Being with my child
photo by Pushpa Ramachandran
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