Thoughts on rules
As a parent, I put a lot of thought into rules, maybe more than most. This may surprise many of my friends and family, since what they saw from the Continue Reading →
Tag Archives: trust
Do unschoolers ever do things they don’t want to do?
I frequently describe unschooling or self-directed learning as kids doing what they want to do all the time. Because I chose not to put my kids in school, nor did I make any Continue Reading →
Strategies
Recently I was playing a board game with four elementary-school-aged kids each teamed with their volunteer Big Brother or Big Sister. I noticed at each turn that three of the Continue Reading →
Start with the simple
First do no harm. I’ve been asked to share some accumulated wisdom that I have used over the years with my own and my family’s health. Since my view of Continue Reading →
I am enough.
All I am saying can be summed up in two words: Trust Children. Nothing could be more simple, or more difficult. Difficult because to trust children we must first learn Continue Reading →