Tag Archives: parenting

Blood, adrenaline & a quick recovery

The day was going so well. The kids had Spanish, we ate a leisurely lunch, and I was enjoying chatting with my friend Kristin while our kids played. Then, from the other room, the sound every parent dreads.  A loud … Continue reading

Posted in Creativity, Education, Learning, Life Learning, Parenting, Unschooling | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Unschooling parents

As a kind of follow up to yesterday’s post, I want to talk a little about parenting in an unschooling family.   First of all let me say there is no one model that all unschoolers follow.   Since unschooling … Continue reading

Posted in Education, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Parenting, Unschooling | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Rebellion on the brain

You know how you’ll be going along, living your life, not thinking about any specific subject, and then a certain topic will be EVERYWHERE?   Every place you turn, someone is talking about it? Right now that topic is teen … Continue reading

Posted in Education, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Parenting, Unschooling | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Self expression or it’s only hair

Maya wanted to dye one section of her hair blue.    This seemed a very reasonable request, and today, after one failed attempt using a dye that claimed you didn’t need to lighten the hair first (you do), we achieved the … Continue reading

Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Parenting, Unschooling | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Let’s go to the movies….and argue loudly!

Joshua and I used to go to the movies every weekend.  Before we had kids, we’d sometimes go on Saturday and Sunday.   There was no movie so bad we wouldn’t go see it.  (We even sat through an excruciating almost … Continue reading

Posted in Life Learning, Movies, Parenting, Unschooling | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off