What if Your Right is My Wrong? Unschool Bits and Pieces
What if Your Right is My Wrong?
I’m always talking about how important it is that our children develop a sense of right and wrong. But what do we mean by ‘right’? Could your idea of what is right be my wrong? Could my right be your wrong?
Although we are all unschoolers, we might not share the same values and beliefs. And this might worry anyone who is thinking about unschooling. What if we give our children the freedom to choose and they end up following someone else’s values instead of ours? It might feel very risky to unschool. Wouldn’t it be better to keep hold of our kids and make them live our way, the way we truly believe is right? Or isn’t control necessary to keep our kids safe?
Our children are very likely to adopt our belief systems if we listen to them, discuss things without pressure, respect their opinions and love them unconditionally. In other words, they are likely to follow us if we are closely connected with them. Why wouldn’t children listen to the opinions of the most important people in their lives, the ones who love them the most?
Despite our differences, maybe there are a few ‘right’ things we all have in common.
Perhaps you agree that it’s right to respect, encourage, trust, forgive, accept, and most of all, love our kids unconditionally.
Learning From Movies
Our kids are watching movies. Of course, they’re not wasting time. They’re busy learning. But will the education authorities agree when it comes to homeschool registration time? How do we turn movies into acceptable homeschool records notes?
This is the opening paragraph to my post How to Turn Movies into Homeschool Records Notes. I’ve also made a podcast on this subject: episode 63, Wasting Time Watching Too Many Movies.
You could also check out the Unschool Rules’ Ultimate Guide to Learning from Movies and TV Shows.
So what are you and your children watching at the moment? We’re working our way through season 3 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D!
An Up and Down Week
On Tuesday, Gemma-Rose and I went running before breakfast and it was a very unpleasant experience. We had to fight our way through a strong freezing cold wind. I told Gemma-Rose I was never going to run early on a winter’s morning ever again. I also said I hated winter. But then the wind dropped and a new tank of gas arrived for our heater and I cheered up. And so there’s no reason to complain about the cold especially as spring is only a week away!
Did you have a good week? What did you do? And what’s your weather like? You could stop by and share your week!