I was thinking tonight about the presumption that unschooling is a lazy option for parents, and an easy option for kids. It would seem, the logic goes, that if parents are not preparing a curriculum or forcing their kids to complete homework assignments, they are doing nothing. And, doing nothing, is incredibly easy. As for […]
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The Great Fear: Television
Whoah, how is it mid-May already? Well, back to that post series I am writing based on questions from a reader. Next, Zoemaster asks: 5) What if your child just wants to watch tv? This is not a new concern, nor is it one that has been unanswered. Almost every unschooling blog has addressed the […]
Can kids go to school AND follow their interests?
Thanks for sticking with me on my prolonged post series answering questions from a reader: Zoemaster. Sorry it’s taking me a little longer to get through them than I intended. I’m also in the process of starting a new school, so blog writing is often lower on my list of priorities. If you want to […]
Are Public Schools REALLY that bad?
I’m on the third of a continuing series answering a list of questions from a reader. You can also read my first and second posts. 3) Are public schools that damaging, horrific and why? Oh boy. Are you trying to get me in trouble? First, the politically correct, not as offensive answer: traditional schooling does […]
Meeting the Need to Learn
This is the second in my series answering questions from a reader. The first post is here. 2) If in fact, the child does decide that s/he would like to study physics, I’d venture to guess that the majority of unschooling parents don’t know enough about physics to do it justice. I know I certainly […]
How do you know what you don’t know?
Recently, a reader commented on a post with a long list of questions. The questions seem to be coming from a curious outsider; a schooled person who doesn’t quite see what all these unschoolers are complaining about. So, instead of answering the questions with another comment, I decided to start a series of blog posts to answer […]
In Defense of: Video Games
I can’t remember, I may have written about video games already, but I just read an amazing post I want to, no NEED to, share. After the whole hullabaloo recently, many people are pointing to unschoolers as lazy, tv-watching, video-game-playing hoodlums. And, we unschoolers become very accustomed to defending our non-traditional concept of the world […]
Not so much in defense of teachers
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post defending teachers. I still agree with my post, but I do feel that some of my viewpoints have been refined slightly. First, I feel that it is very very politically incorrect to criticize teachers. We must always acknowledge how great they are, how they are in the […]
In Defense of… Teachers
I think I’m going to start writing a semi-regular “In Defense Of” article. I keep thinking of things I’d like to defend, and offer my opinions about. I guess that shouldn’t be a surprise, since this entire blog is essentially “In Defense of Unschooling.” For the first in this series, I’d like to talk about […]