A few years ago, while I was in the middle of writing a very curious blog post, I suddenly decided to google the definition of curious. I discovered this word means: marked
Last week, in episode 109 of my unschooling podcast, I was chatting about radical unschooling. This week, I’m interviewing Sophie (16) who is a radical unschooler. If you’re unsure about this way of
A few days ago I announced I was taking a blogging break. So what am I doing writing a post? Well, I just want to jot down a few thoughts while they’re
The other day I interviewed my 14-year-old daughter, Sophie: I wanted to hear her opinions about perfect families, mistakes and listening to kids. It was only later when I watched the finished
A reader once linked one of my posts to her blog and added the words: “I don’t agree with all her ideas, but I like this one.” Someone liked my post! I
When my first child was a baby, I read all the parenting books I could get my hands on, including one with a title something like: Your Child Can Be a Genius.
“Do you think we look like unschoolers?” I ask. “What do unschoolers look like?” asks my daughter Imogen. “Aren’t they supposed to look rather wild? Or at least different? Unconventional?” “Well, we
When I was a teenager, I was one of those not-worth-a-second-glance kids. I lived on the fringes of the crowd. I was neither popular nor cool. With my long red hair parted
“We’re a family of introverts,” I tell my daughters. “Of course we are, Mum!” replies Imogen. “Have you only just realised that?” “Well, I’ve never really thought about it before.” A family
Some random thoughts about unschooling and parenting… ometimes I get the feeling most of the world thinks I’m a little strange. Whenever I post a parenting story I wonder if there are
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