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The Unschooling Effect: Exceptional Teens?
  • August 22, 2024
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The Unschooling Effect: Exceptional Teens?

This afternoon, as my 15-year-old daughter and I were just hanging out at home together, she suddenly squealed and exclaimed, “I’m so […]

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What Are You Willing to Trade for an Education?
  • July 30, 2024
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What Are You Willing to Trade for an Education?

So much of the time as homeschoolers we have to deal with the opinions of others who think that by not sending […]

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Don’t Squash Your Child’s Big Ideas
  • July 10, 2024
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Don’t Squash Your Child’s Big Ideas

When one of my daughters was about 5 years old, she wanted to make a robot. Not a crafted robot out of […]

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Is Unschooling Too Focused on the Individual?
  • June 24, 2024
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Is Unschooling Too Focused on the Individual?

This may come as a surprise to you, but I never ask my kids if they want to go to homeschool group. […]

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Enough With Self-Care: What We Really Need Are Boundaries
  • May 1, 2024
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Enough With Self-Care: What We Really Need Are Boundaries

I’m not sure about you, but a 30-minute bubble bath is not going to magically fix any of my problems. Maybe this […]

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Not Back to School, But Always in Love with Learning
  • January 28, 2024
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Not Back to School, But Always in Love with Learning

When my children were tiny, I hoped that they would never grow to dislike learning. I wanted to keep alive that contagious […]

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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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