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Encouraging Children’s Creativity
  • March 7, 2021
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Encouraging Children’s Creativity

When you walk into our house, one of the first things you see is the art room. Tables covered in paint, artwork […]

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Our Unschooling Resources for 2021
  • January 19, 2021
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Our Unschooling Resources for 2021

Another fresh new year! We’ve all been really enjoying chatting about a new rhythm and making space in our days for all […]

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Nature Journaling: Adopt a Creek for a Year
  • August 11, 2020
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Nature Journaling: Adopt a Creek for a Year

For the past year, we’ve been visiting the same spot once every season with our Unschool community for some nature journaling. It’s […]

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Are Kids Just Mean?
  • June 14, 2020
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Are Kids Just Mean?

We arrive at the creek and my children run squealing towards their friends to give them a big hug, having not seen […]

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8 Ways for Kids to Connect Online
  • May 3, 2020
  • 950 words
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8 Ways for Kids to Connect Online

Our normal weeks see us meeting up with friends for two whole days every week. As you can imagine, things have been […]

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Self isolating? Please don’t create a school at home!
  • March 25, 2020
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Self isolating? Please don’t create a school at home!

My children have never stepped foot inside a school. At 11, 9, 6, and 4 years of age, the most they know […]

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The Socialization Homeschooled Kids Don’t Get
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Children spend a lot of their time being told wher
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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