Reschooling Posts // July 10-16, 2022
Why Traditional Schooling May Not Be the Best Fit for Everyone
July 15, 2022 from High School of America
When most people think about their education, the first thing that comes to mind is traditional schooling. This type of education has been around for centuries and is considered the most common way to receive an education. However, traditional schooling may not be the best fit for everyone. There are many different types of education available today, and it’s crucial to find the one that is right for you.
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From Unschooling Adventures
When you’re on the cusp of adulthood, what’s the most important thing to do? Conventional wisdom tells us to finish school, go to college, and find a job. While such paths may be important, we at Unschool Adventures also believe in the life-shaping power of other experiences: ones that help you enter adulthood with optimism, confidence, social skills, and sense of wide-open possibility.
Extracting Every Drop of Joy from Our Parenting Days
July 15, 2022 from Stories of an Unschooling Family
Did you go searching for joy today? Did you look for ways to turn ordinary moments into something special for you and your family? Did you linger in bed with a child snuggled up beside you, savouring the warmth and softness of little-person-skin instead of rushing to get on with your day? Perhaps you talked about your hopes for the day with each child? Did you say, “Is there anything special I can do for you today?”
Growing Up Unschooling with Phoebe Wahl, Episode 90 Flashback
July 14, 2022 from Living Joyfully with Unschooling
This week on the podcast, I'm sharing a wonderful conversation I had with grown unschooler Phoebe Wahl a few years ago! Phoebe is an artist whose beautiful work focuses on the themes of comfort, nostalgia, and intimacy. After first grade, Phoebe left school and dove into unschooling. She graduated from Rhode Island School of Design in 2013 with a BFA in Illustration and is currently working as an artist in Washington State.
Helicopter Parenting is Like Covid: You Can Catch It Even if You’re Trying Hard Not To
July 13, 2022 from Free Range Kids
Below a bracing little video to remind us all that helicopter parenting is like Covid — something you just breathe in these days. It’s not because YOU are particularly nervous or hovering or crazy. It’s just out there, spreading like a hyper-infectious SARs variant. And I guess you could says the “Paxlovid” is simply to give your kids a little bit of freedom and realize it lets you breathe much easier.
Liam Nilsen on Reading
July 13, 2022 from Off-Trail Learning
Liam Nilsen (liam.media) is a designer and educator based in Åårhus, Denmark. He’s a former member of the LEGO Idea Studio, the founder of an Agile Learning Center, and a life-long unschooler who didn’t start reading until age 9 — at which point he fell in love with the written word.
Consent-Based Education 101, September – October 2022
July 13, 2022 from Sophie Christophy
I am excited to run the Consent-Based Education course again this year, starting in September. The course will have two parts: 6 online sessions via Zoom over 6 weeks, and a weekend in-person workshop at the end. It is an introduction and launch pad for those seeking to better understand, integrate and practice in consent-based ways.
Raw Honest Take on Unschooling From a Stay-at-Home Dad
July 13, 2022 from BlackDad
In this honest unschooling review, I share my thoughts on unschooling and discuss some of the difficult parenting topics like being a stay-at-home dad, deschooling, setting boundaries in relationships, and building strong relationships with my children. This is the most raw, honest, and vulnerable I have ever been in a video. Hopefully sharing details of my unschooling life will help others in theirs.
How unschooling changed our lives
July 12, 2022 from Maverick & Bear
Here we are. 6 weeks into our home educating journey, not much time at all in the grand scheme of things but our lives and how we look at our lives couldn’t look more different than how it did before. Both my husband and I were never parents who thought of doing anything outside the norm, we thought “all kids go to school and the ones who don’t are weird, anti-social and don’t do well in life” how incredibly close minded, uninformed and WRONG we were.
I Asked My 6-Year-Old to Stay Put While I Got Us Food at Newark Airport. But then —
July 11, 2022 from Free Range Kids
Got this letter recently, from a very shaken mom: My name is Katy, and I stumbled upon your website yesterday, while searching for stats on how often kids lost at airports get abducted. The thing is, a few days ago my 6-year old daughter got lost (and found) at the Newark airport at the busiest time of the day, and it was all my fault — I overestimated her maturity and ability to wait for me for a few minutes, while I went to buy some food for our flight.