How Kids Need Something Better Than Perfect Lives
Unschooling: Coping With the Unexpected
Unschooling, Attachment, and the Art of Letting Go: Building Trust Instead of Rules
Unschooling, Homemaking, and a Mother’s Role
Passing on Our Fears to Our Kids
Why We Should Freely Choose to Do Difficult and Unpleasant Things
Is It Okay if Parents Want to Influence Their Unschooling Kids?
Why Parents Should Help with the Family Chores
Do Unschooled Kids (and Parents) Need Time Away From Their Devices?
The Discomfort of Letting Go and Allowing Our Kids (and Ourselves) to Grow
What if Our Unschooled Kids Complain or Reject Everything We Hold Dear?
How to Beat Time Who Jolts Us Forward Without Permission
Time moves us forward without our permission. If we don’t want to look back with regret, we should stop worrying about the future and focus on the present moment, extracting joy from each unschool day before it disappears.
Irreplaceable Unschool Dogs and Kids
How to Write a Million Unschool Love Stories
Reflecting Badly On Our Family
Encouraging Kids to Say Thank You
How do we encourage our younger children to say thank you? Do they need only our good example to copy? Is learning good manners enough? Our kids could just repeat the polite words. But is it better if their response comes from their hearts? Do our kids need to be the receivers of thanks to understand how to thank others?
How to Parent So We’ll Have No Regrets
When I look at family photos from a few years ago, I remember those chaotic and messy days when I was at the centre of my children’s lives. I felt like those days would last forever.Sometimes, that was good: I wanted to stay firmly in the love-filled middle of my delightful mothering life. But there were also days when I was overwhelmed and tired and felt like I was failing. How would my children survive my parenting? I occasionally wanted to run away from the responsibility of raising kids, but I couldn’t see any way out. I felt sure I would be seeing to the multiple needs of my children forever.
What if Adding Joy to Your Days Was Simple and Inexpensive?
When I ask my husband, Andy, what he wants to do to celebrate his birthday, he replies, "Let's go on a picnic."It's winter. An icy wind has been blowing for days. It's not ideal picnic weather, but does that matter? No. We'll be brave and gritty. We'll face the adverse weather together. We'll be adventurous."What picnic food would you like to eat?" I ask.“Let's fill a thermos flask with tomato soup and have rolls with cheese."