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The most powerful gift children give us. Are you missing it?
  • May 6, 2018
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The most powerful gift children give us. Are you missing it?

I’m asking my 2 year old daughter a question and her big sister interrupts with an answer before she even gets a […]

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You Can’t Teach Manners by Being Rude
  • April 15, 2018
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You Can’t Teach Manners by Being Rude

Picture this. You’re out at a cafe, having a great time with friends and family, you go to order your lunch and […]

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What Respectful Parenting Looks Like: A Day in the Life
  • April 13, 2018
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What Respectful Parenting Looks Like: A Day in the Life

If you’ve never experienced anything but mainstream authoritarian parenting, then it’s hard to imagine different. Autonomy? Freedom? Won’t kids just ‘run wild’? […]

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Simple Toxin Free Cleaning Recipes
  • April 9, 2018
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Simple Toxin Free Cleaning Recipes

The average person is exposed to hundreds of toxins every day. Hundreds. Chemicals that are known to be damaging and cause disease. […]

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Stunning Children’s Books We Love
  • April 8, 2018
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Stunning Children’s Books We Love

“There are many little ways to enlarge your world.  Love of books is the best of all.” – Jacqueline Kennedy My world must […]

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15 Habits of Respectful Parents
  • March 25, 2018
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15 Habits of Respectful Parents

“We don’t yet know, above all, what the world might be like if children were to grow up without being subjected to […]

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School is Unnecessary
Homeschooling / Unschooling
School is Unnecessary
What Is Unschooling?
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What Is Unschooling?
Why I stopped asking my kids to clean up
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Why I stopped asking my kids to clean up
8 Reasons NOT to Give Kids a Bedtime
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8 Reasons NOT to Give Kids a Bedtime
The Socialization Homeschooled Kids Don’t Get
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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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