Reschooling Posts // November 6-12, 2022
What Kind of Home Do Kids Need?
November 12, 2022 from Stories of an Unschooling Family
The other day, while walking our dogs through the bush close to home, I met a neighbour who warned me to watch out for snakes. He’d almost stepped on one and had sighted others that had slithered away. Years ago, one of my kids yelled, ‘Mum, there’s a snake outside!’ I dashed to the window and saw a snake coiled up on the path between our garage and the back door. What were we to do? Until the snake disappeared, I couldn’t let my kids leave the house.
Exploring our own liberation
November 12, 2022 from Sophie Cristophy
I’ve been thinking lately about what work is helpful towards the movement out of patriarchy to consent-based, self-direction. In listening to the thoughts of other activists and changemakers, and observing life including my own, it’s brought me to thoughts about the freedoms and liberation that we have, and how we use or don’t use that space.
33. Conscious Parenting and Divesting in Sandcastles w/ Domari Dickinson
November 11, 2022 from Radical Learning Talks
Can we tell you how much we love this episode with the amazing and courageous Domari Dickinson - a recovering educator, unschooling mother of 4, badass parent coach and leading voice in the SDE movement. Domari openly shares about her deschooling journey of going from an approval chasing, controlling, punishing mom to a conscious, peaceful and revolutionary parent. We talk about what trips us up in the conscious parenting & deschooling journey, divesting in oppressive systems and what unschooling can truly look like.
Dad Sends 6-Year-Old Alone Into Store and World Doesn’t End!
November 10, 2022 from Free Range Kids
A dad whose 6-year-old wanted Nutella for her pancakes on a recent Saturday morning made a deal: I’ll drive you to the grocery if you go in by yourself and buy the stuff. This is about a straightforward an activity as can be and I posted the dad’s brief write-up of it over at Let Grow. In ANY OTHER ERA this would seem about as weird as publishing a post like, “Dad allows child to eat sandwich.” Or, “Child manages to open door, exit house.”
On the Journey with Josh Ellis, Episode 336
November 10, 2022 from Living Joyfully with Unschooling
This week on the podcast, we are excited to share our first episode in our new 'On the Journey' series! Anna, Erika, and I are excited to bring guests on the podcast to share their experiences. We'll be talking about paradigm shifts, a-ha moments, challenges they've faced, and realizations they've made on their unschooling journey.
Ep 257: Spirituality and Intuition in This Self-directed Life
November 8, 2022 from Fare of the Free Child
This is the first episode of Season 9 and we're delighted to dive into the work of shifting our spiritual and intuitive work to include our raising free people practice. This feels important because whole some of us might already see the connection between out commitment to raising free people and the cultivation of our spiritual and intuitive practices, not all of us do.
Thoughts on the moment/movement
November 8, 2022 from Sophie Cristophy
I’ve been in a weird and reflective time lately. There has been a lot of change in my personal life over the last five years, huge shifts and pivots, and now I find myself in what feels like an entirely new situation. It’s fair to say that my life today is somewhat unrecognisable compared to how it was back then – or it least it feels like that, and yet, there are some things that remain the same. Isn’t that the strange thing of a growing and changing life – everything can change and yet somehow not everything? Even when all is different, some things just aren’t.
Crying, Begging, Socratic-Dialog-Employing Girl Begs Dad for Less Homework Time
November 6th, 2022 from Free Range Kids
Oh ye of icy hearts, beware! This little girl in China is going viral not just because she is so sad and sweet, but also because she could put Socrates to shame! (Or at least get him to assign less homework.) Hers is a cry heard ’round the world. Let’s hope some schools and parents take heed!