Christian Unschooling: Can We Love Too Much?
Curtains: Doing the Things We Hate
Brambles: A Place to Belong
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
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.
Intuition and Independence: Unschooling Tips and Practical Advice
Live a Radical Life of Unconditional Love
An Almost Empty Unschool House
Recently, two of our daughters moved out of home, leaving behind two empty bedrooms, which my husband and I are turning into a study and a studio. For the first time ever, I will have my very own space where I can write, record audio and video, and join in with Zoom calls.For many years, our home was crammed full of children, toys, books, pets, clothes and everything else a family gathers. My kids shared bedrooms, sleeping in bunk beds. They even shared beds, but that was a preference, not a necessity.
When Children Move Out of an Unschool Home
Some parenting ‘experts’ advise us to push our kids out of the family home as soon as possible. They tell us to make our kids stand on their own two feet. But my husband and I have ignored this advice. We’re happy for our kids to remain with us as long as they need to be here. Some of them moved out of home when they were 18 or 19. Some stayed longer. Now, we only have one child left.
Parenting: Doing Our Inadequate Best
Do you ever look back - a few years, months or even days - at your younger self and wish you could have done better? Perhaps you remember dragon parent days when you failed to be gentle. Could you have said things you now regret? I know I do.Sometimes, I want to go back and put things right. But even if it were possible to retrace my steps, perhaps it’s unnecessary to begin again.
