childism Archives - Happiness is here https://happinessishereblog.com/tag/childism/ Documenting life without school and free childhood. Mon, 29 Sep 2025 04:53:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.5 74338626 Unschooling and Rejecting Conformity https://happinessishereblog.com/unschooling-and-rejecting-conformity/ https://happinessishereblog.com/unschooling-and-rejecting-conformity/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2018 08:16:23 +0000 https://happinessishereblog.com/?p=18308 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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]]> https://happinessishereblog.com/how-school-disempowers-children/feed/ 7 17961 The most powerful gift children give us. Are you missing it? https://happinessishereblog.com/the-most-powerful-gift-children-give-us-are-you-missing-it/ https://happinessishereblog.com/the-most-powerful-gift-children-give-us-are-you-missing-it/#comments Sun, 06 May 2018 07:17:03 +0000 https://happinessishereblog.com/?p=17735 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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]]> https://happinessishereblog.com/the-most-powerful-gift-children-give-us-are-you-missing-it/feed/ 22 17735 You Can’t Teach Manners by Being Rude https://happinessishereblog.com/you-cant-teach-manners-by-being-rude/ https://happinessishereblog.com/you-cant-teach-manners-by-being-rude/#comments Sun, 15 Apr 2018 03:12:26 +0000 https://happinessishereblog.com/?p=17688 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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]]> https://happinessishereblog.com/what-respectful-parenting-looks-like-a-day-in-the-life/feed/ 14 17790 15 Habits of Respectful Parents https://happinessishereblog.com/15-habits-of-respectful-parents/ https://happinessishereblog.com/15-habits-of-respectful-parents/#comments Sun, 25 Mar 2018 07:41:56 +0000 https://happinessishereblog.com/?p=17654 “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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