Happiness is here https://happinessishereblog.com/ Documenting life without school and free childhood. Sat, 07 Mar 2026 22:42:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.5 74338626 How We Plan Amazing Weeks as Unschoolers https://happinessishereblog.com/planning-for-unschoolers/ https://happinessishereblog.com/planning-for-unschoolers/#comments Sun, 17 Aug 2025 05:28:36 +0000 https://happinessishereblog.com/?p=29050 Planning for unschoolers is often misunderstood. When people think of planning, they often picture something rigid. Structured. Top-down. Something that happens to […]

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]]> https://happinessishereblog.com/planning-for-unschoolers/feed/ 5 29050 Unschooling Tips: The 5 Ingredients Behind Our Most Magical Days https://happinessishereblog.com/unschooling-tips-the-5-ingredients-behind-our-most-magical-days/ https://happinessishereblog.com/unschooling-tips-the-5-ingredients-behind-our-most-magical-days/#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2025 08:19:36 +0000 https://happinessishereblog.com/?p=29020 If you could peek into my house and see what unschooling looks like for us, this week you might have seen: craft […]

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]]> https://happinessishereblog.com/unschooling-tips-the-5-ingredients-behind-our-most-magical-days/feed/ 6 29020 Rethinking Independent Learning https://happinessishereblog.com/rethinking-independent-learning/ https://happinessishereblog.com/rethinking-independent-learning/#respond Wed, 25 Jun 2025 06:47:19 +0000 https://happinessishereblog.com/?p=28326 It might surprise you to hear this from me, as an unschooler, but independent learning is not something I’m focusing on with […]

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]]> https://happinessishereblog.com/rethinking-independent-learning/feed/ 0 28326 10 Essential Ingredients for Inspired Learning in Teens https://happinessishereblog.com/unschooling-teens-inspired-learning/ https://happinessishereblog.com/unschooling-teens-inspired-learning/#comments Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:24:10 +0000 https://happinessishereblog.com/?p=28182 Maybe it was easy to see your children learning when they were young. You set up a pretty invitation, they happily played […]

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]]> https://happinessishereblog.com/the-real-gifts-your-children-need/feed/ 6 27371 Cheerleader, Not Coach: Why Your Kid Needs You to Step Back https://happinessishereblog.com/cheerleader-not-coach-why-your-kid-needs-you-to-step-back/ https://happinessishereblog.com/cheerleader-not-coach-why-your-kid-needs-you-to-step-back/#respond Sun, 15 Sep 2024 07:35:52 +0000 https://happinessishereblog.com/?p=27459 Over the course of a weekend recently, I spent around 30 hours at a dance eisteddfod with my girls. At the end […]

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