Treasure Chest
The following are informative excerpts and links that I collected from various sites and mailing lists. I put them here as a reference that I can go back to during my journey as an unschooling mom. It is my hope that this site will help not only me, but other fellow unschoolers as well. Please note that this is a work in progress. 
Why Unschool?
- Why is unschooling better?
- Why not just do school?
Deschooling
- How to deschool
Books to Help You Get Started
- Don’t Bother Me Mom. I’m Learning
- The Unschooling Manual
The Basics
- Building an unschooling nest
- “Cool” parents
- Disposable checklists
- Enjoying children
- Freedom & choices
- Principles of Unschooling by Pam Sorooshian
- Real limits vs. arbitrary limits
- Some ideas to get you started
- Tidbits
- Traits of an unschooling parent
- Understanding the basics of unschooling
- Unschooling does *not* mean hands-off parenting!
- Unschooling does not mean unliving
A Typical Day
- Collective samples
Curriculum?
- Among a world of curriculums and structure
- Sample “elementary curriculum”
- Sample “secondary curriculum”
- Unschooling curriculum
Dealing With Other People
- Answering questions from family members
- Expectations when guests come over
- Having Doubts
- Husbands and unschooling as a luxury
- Living it vs. learning it
- Problem with Non-unschoolers
- Schoolish comments
- Spousal/partner cooperation
Education and Learning
- Help! I can’t get my kids interested in learning
- How to strew
- Isn’t it necessary for kids to learn things they’re not interested in learning?
- SATs
- The math thing
- Unschooling and college
- Unschooling and self-regulating
- What about subjects?
- What if they’re not interested in learning?
Entertainment
- How long does it take a child who plays video games 24/7 get it out of his system and do other stuff?
- Kids, time and video games
- Rap music
- TV, evil?
- Watching Videos all the Time
Food
- Food for thought
- Patience with kids and food
Getting It
- Am I doing it right?
- Does anyone ever get to a place where they say, “Okay, I’ve *got* it. I’m a total unschooler, now.”?
- Insights from a 10 year old
Growing Up
- Boy crazy
- Kids/teens looking at porn
- Making sex material/media available
- Shaving at 10 years old. Am I crazy?
- Trust and dating
- Underage sex
Life
- Changed language and changed thinking
- Happiness
- Healing through unschooling
- How unschooling can help improve marriages
- The value of things that aren’t easy
- Time is precious
- Unschooling with a spouse that has an illness
- When things start to feel like too much
Other Issues
- Commercialism and materialism
- Lying and sneakiness
- Smoking and drugs
Parenting
- Choosing the “easiest” parenting way
- Control issues
- How to Not be Like Your Mom When it Comes to Parenting/Discipline
- Organizing tips
- Replacing Negative Parenting Responses with Positive Ones
- Spoiled Rotten? Spoiled Ripe!
- The middle ground in parenting
- Treating kids nicely when they misbehave
- Yelling
Proof that Unschooling Works
- From home to college
- It does work
- Random proof
- SATs
- Wow! This Works[NEW! Nov. 11, 2008]
Respect
- Respectful Kids
Responsibilities and Rules
- About kids knowing family financial information
- Bedtime
- Bedtime and various ages
- Getting help to clean
- Getting kids to do chores
- Hiring help for housecleaning
- Housework expectations
- Movie age restrictions
- Real limits vs. arbitrary limits
- Slave labor
- Sleep issues
- Tidbits
Socializing
- Having friends your kids’ age
- How much socializing
- No, thank you. We don’t believe in socializing
ADHD, etc.
- Touchy kids
- Unschooling and ADHD
Other
- Other unschooling resources