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Category: Homeschooling

Parenting against the grain
  • August 24, 2014
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  • 2

Parenting against the grain

When I was thinking about homeschooling, had done all of the research, and decided that this could really be an awesome childhood […]

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You don’t have to be a teacher
  • August 10, 2014
  • 589 words
  • 2

You don’t have to be a teacher

Many times when a stranger has found out that we homeschool I have had the question, ‘Oh, are you a teacher?’ One […]

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A day with no plans…
  • August 5, 2014
  • 1,049 word
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A day with no plans…

contains affiliate links I think it’s sometimes hard for people to understand how natural learning happens. How children can learn enough without […]

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Welcoming Frustration
  • August 3, 2014
  • 599 words
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Welcoming Frustration

A couple of mornings ago, my 5 year old was down in the play room with the ‘scrap bowl’ busily crafting up […]

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Strawberry Farm
  • August 1, 2014
  • 296 words
  • 8

Strawberry Farm

One of my favourite things about homeschooling is that, unlike the name suggests, it doesn’t happen strictly in the home. A lot […]

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I Love You, Unconditionally
  • August 1, 2014
  • 707 words
  • 2

I Love You, Unconditionally

Watching the recent series of MasterChef I got to thinking about the expectations we put on our children. Over and over again […]

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Children spend a lot of their time being told where to be, when to eat, when to speak, when they can move their bodies, what to learn, when they can go to the toilet... and then we say how lucky they are for not having adult responsibilities.

The amount of control they have over their own lives is so normalised that we rarely even question it. But, we should.

You can't take away autonomy, responsibility, and meaningful contribution and then complain kids are lazy and apathetic. What have we given them to care about? What real choices do they have?


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