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10 Hypocritical Parenting Trends
  • December 10, 2017
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10 Hypocritical Parenting Trends

It’s a confusing world to try and make sense of for children. Our job as parents is to support and guide them […]

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You Don’t Have to Be Mean at Christmas
  • December 6, 2017
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You Don’t Have to Be Mean at Christmas

My newsfeed is awash with ideas for using Christmas as a way to control children. It seems every year things are getting […]

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How to Respond to Those Annoying Homeschool Questions
  • November 30, 2017
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How to Respond to Those Annoying Homeschool Questions

Ahhh social gatherings, a minefield of questions and judgements for anyone not on the standard life path pushed on you by society. […]

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What Happened to Following Our Instincts?
  • November 28, 2017
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What Happened to Following Our Instincts?

I’m so happy to have Kim, another wonderful unschooling friend, sharing her story on the blog. I love how choosing to opt […]

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10 Responses to ‘Have you been good for Santa?’
  • November 26, 2017
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10 Responses to ‘Have you been good for Santa?’

I love almost everything about the holiday season. The decorating, the food, the time with people we love, the spirit. So much […]

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Everyday Unschooling: Stop-Motion
  • November 24, 2017
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Everyday Unschooling: Stop-Motion

This post is part of a series of posts documenting our day-to-day life as an unschooling family. Sometimes it’s hard to picture what unschooling looks like, […]

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School is Unnecessary
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Why I stopped asking my kids to clean up
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8 Reasons NOT to Give Kids a Bedtime
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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