Family - Stories of an Unschooling Family

Undercover Homeschoolers

26 July 2018

Have you heard our unschooling story? Just in case you haven’t, I’m reposting a couple of updated posts that tell the story of how we began our homeschooling adventure as unschoolers

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Saying Yes: Unschool Bits and Pieces

18 July 2018

Saying Yes When Gemma- Rose asked if we could get a puppy, we could have thought of many reasons to say no. But we didn’t. A year ago, a tiny Shar Pei/

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Unschooling is Just as Much About the Parent as the Child

2 July 2018

We can’t make anyone become the person we’d like them to be. We can’t say, “If you only did this or that… you’d be a better spouse (or partner).” We can’t change

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Playing for Ian

8 June 2018

If you listened to episode 125 of my podcast, Connecting Unschooling and Ageing, you might have heard this story. I wrote it in 2012 and originally published it on one of my

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Healthy Eating and Unschooling Kids

27 April 2018

Five years ago, I was pondering healthy eating. Was I eating a good enough diet? I’d read a lot of blog posts about giving up sugar. It seemed to be a hot

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My Number One Unschooling Fan

26 April 2018

I’m my kids’ number one fan. I cheer my children on from the sidelines, encouraging them to develop their talents and become the people they are meant to be. I tell them I’m

Family·Guest Posts

Confident to Be Me

24 April 2018

Love and acceptance are so very important. They give our kids the confidence to go out into the world and be themselves. This post was written by my daughter Imogen. It’s easy

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Today I Saw Thomas

9 November 2017

it’s our son Thomas’ birthday. This morning, the girls and I visited the cemetery. When we arrived, we saw people preparing for a burial. A grave was open. There were chairs arranged in

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Gemma-Rose and I gaze upon the flowers. They’re pretty, bright, colourful, showy. A gorgeous backdrop for a photo. We raise our cameras. Cameras down. We look around. There’s a Chinese gentleman. He’s standing

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Perfect

27 October 2017

I raise my camera to my eye and frame my daughter Sophie within the viewfinder. She grins before raising her own camera. I almost protest and say, “Hey, I look terrible! Don’t