I read a lot of posts about babies and children under the age of 10, but there seems to be very little information out there for those of us who have teenagers.
I’m not really sure what kind of info I am looking for, but my teenagers tend to only want to play video games yet [...]
I thought I’d pose some questions I’ve been pondering myself. I’ve been thinking a lot about how unschooling has helped me heal myself and my family in a variety of ways….I had a spiritual shift after my unschooling shift and even more healing happened in my personal journey. Beyond that, our unschooling philosophies have translated [...]
Unschooling has seemed in my household to be promoting materialism, commercialism, etc….and I can’t help but feel pangs of doubt when I look around at all the STUFF we’re buying and accumulating because dd sees it and wants it. Plus, I find that dd (age 5) doesn’t even really seem to care about most of [...]
If anyone else is living with a spouse with a progressive illness, and unschooling/trying to parent respectfully, I’d love to talk.. My dear husband has had Parkinson’s disease for about 20 years. He is a young man by PD standards - just 56. The past few years things have become much worse for him [...]
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you have a “touchy” kid and he will probably ALWAYS be like that - expect him to gravitate toward careers that involve the sense of touch. I have one of my three like that too - she was JUST like him when she was five - I could have written just what you did - [...]
Cigarettes? or drugs?
It really doesn’t matter. It’s the whole forbidden fruit thing. Forbid it, and you can rest assured that they will try it.
Same with drugs, alcohol, tobacco and sex—and any other sticky thing. Ban it, and you’re setting yourself up for failure. *Talk* about it, make it a regular part of your discussions, and [...]
I am not big on “punishments” or “grounding” or whatever- I have always just talked it out. The last few weeks have been challenging to me. I have lost my temper on more than one occasion. It seems to stem around my daughter who has started lying to us- about important things. Last week I [...]
I just needed to ask, what have some of you done when it just starts to feel like toooo much?
My problem is that I’m feeling so much tension towards my kids, actually just a couple of them right now, that I can’t even have fun with them. I’m just on edge waiting for [...]
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I look at life differently since we have been unschooling. I even feel different. It’s good actually because I have more confidence in ALL areas of my life.
I really feel TIME is precious and valuable and I have become very choosy as to where and how I spend my time. I no longer feel I [...]
Learning is easy. It happens all the time without noticing.
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regarding hard and easy — both are good. both can develop character. The real issue is in the need for someone to belittle another, for whatever reason.
I think that going through difficulties is an opportunity to look for the positive in the dire. Me, when things [...]