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Everyday Unschooling: Studying Trees
  • August 26, 2018
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Everyday Unschooling: Studying Trees

We’ve been studying trees around here lately! Well, one tree in particular, but we’ve been noticing so much more about other trees […]

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An Unschooling Day in the Life
  • August 24, 2018
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An Unschooling Day in the Life

“There’s not much typical about life, and life is what we do. No two lives are identical, and since unschooling is based […]

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Unschooling and Rejecting Conformity
  • August 15, 2018
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Unschooling and Rejecting Conformity

I want to tell you about four amazing people I know. My 9 year old is a planner. She has ideas swirling […]

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You Don’t Need Pinterest Crafts
  • August 9, 2018
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You Don’t Need Pinterest Crafts

Yep, that’s one of my pictures. Cringe. My then 3- and 1-year-olds counting fruit from The Very Hungry Caterpillar. I think you […]

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Why School Is Not Worth the Risk
  • August 7, 2018
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Why School Is Not Worth the Risk

This post is a guest post written by my husband about his school experience and views on unschooling. Enjoy! You can read […]

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5 Reasons We LOVE Essential Oils
  • August 6, 2018
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5 Reasons We LOVE Essential Oils

I am in looooove with essential oils and I wanted to explain some of the ways they have made an impact on […]

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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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