photo by Cátia Maciel
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Tender protection
photo by Cátia Maciel
Monday, January 23, 2023
Beauty
—Alex Polikowsky
Sandra's addition: "... to see life and people" and fancy chickens, cupcakes, frost, sleeping puppies and your favorite mug as beautiful.
photo by Helene McNeill
Sunday, January 22, 2023
A series of moments
All you need to do to have anniversaries accrue is to continue to behave as conscientiously as you can, and to make choices in generous and selfless ways
photo by Holly Dodd
Saturday, January 21, 2023
When rules don't work
One of the kids that live near us, said rather astonished, "you don't have any rules do you?" I looked at him and said, "yes we do, they are, play nicely and behave kindly." He didn't think those were rules, and they aren't really, but that's where it all seems to come down to. A rule of no hitting, could be summed up nicely with "be nice," because clearly hitting isn't nice. Being nice covers it all.
A kid could easily not break the rule of "no hitting" by pinching or kicking, and completely get away with it, and feel pretty darn good about getting away with being mean without getting in trouble. If the idea is to "be nice," pinching or kicking won't work.
—Jenny Cyphers
photo by Cathy Koetsier
Friday, January 20, 2023
Others' regrets as springboards
(Read more about why experienced unschoolers sometimes seem pushy, at the link below.)
photo by Colleen Prieto
Thursday, January 19, 2023
Simple needs
Joyce Fetteroll, in helping others untangle ideas and prejudices about what children think they "need":If someone needs three glasses of water a day and only gets two, they'll spend the rest of the day trying to get that third glass. So it will seem to others like this person's constantly thirsty and can never get enough. But if he gets three glasses and can have as many as he wants, he won't seem thirsty at all.
—Joyce Fetteroll
photo by Karen James
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Keep choosing
photo by Sandra Dodd
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