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Your Teen Needs to Be Nurtured
  • March 19, 2023
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Your Teen Needs to Be Nurtured

We are firmly into the teenager stage now. The time everyone warned us about. Teenagers are difficult, teenagers hate their parents, teenagers […]

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A Connected Advent: 25 Days of Parenting Intentions
  • November 30, 2020
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A Connected Advent: 25 Days of Parenting Intentions

25 days of intentions for connected parenting. Finish the year on a high!

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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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10 Things to Say Instead of ‘Good Job’
  • July 7, 2019
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10 Things to Say Instead of ‘Good Job’

Yeah I know, I feel your eyerolls from over here. You’re thinking ‘we can’t even say ‘good job’ now? This is getting ridiculous!’

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How to Handle Demanding Children
  • August 5, 2018
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How to Handle Demanding Children

“GET ME SOME FOOD!” my 4-year-old yells from the lounge room like it’s the 15th time she’s asked for something and I’m […]

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10 Reasons to Breastfeed an Older Child
  • July 23, 2018
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10 Reasons to Breastfeed an Older Child

I’ve been breastfeeding for 9 years straight now. Four children and close age gaps has meant there has always been someone feeding […]

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If you're unschooling and you go through a period
If you're unschooling and you go through a period where it feels like nobody is doing very much... welcome lol. We're currently in the middle of that because of a virus.

In general though, not every week in our house is full of impressive projects, deep interests, and children enthusiastically researching things from sunrise to sunset.

Sometimes things are more quiet. At those times, I try not to immediately assume something is wrong, or unschooling isn't 'working'.

Instead, I just try to pay attention to what IS happening. Are they happy? Resting? Seeing friends? Reading? Gaming? Making things? Talking? Thinking? Recovering after a busy period? Enjoying having nowhere to be?

Or do they actually seem flat, bored, disconnected, and like they need something new? Those are two different scenarios.

If everyone seems content, I don't think we need to manufacture busyness just so our homeschool looks more reassuring. But if life is actually feeling a little boring, then I'll do something about it. Change up our routine, go somewhere new, invite people over, pull out forgotten materials, find an event, suggest an idea, or start something myself. 

There are lots of options, but a quieter season could also be totally normal and necessary too!

#unschooling #lifewithoutschool #homeschooling #homeeducation #homeschoollife #howtounschool


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