Reschooling Posts // October 30 - November 5, 2022
Will Unschooling Leave My Kids Unprepared For The Adult World?
November 4, 2022 from Honey! I’m Homeschooling the Kids
This is a question or fear that weighs on the minds of parents that are considering unschooling or are even possibly already involved in living an unschooled life.Parents always want the best for their kids. They want the most for their kids and the thought that our choices will cause detriment to their futures can be a heavy burden to carry.
Building Intentional Community with Julie Walter
November 4, 2022 from Let ‘em go Barefoot
Exploring child development and well-being, education, parent-child relationships, and family systems through the lens of mindful awareness.
What Kids Want, We Can’t Give Them (Simple Though It Is)
November 3, 2022 from Free Range Kids
This graph, from a suburban elementary school, represents what after-school club kids chose as their first choice.
There were a bunch of options like chess, music, art — all of which I had my own kids enrolled in at some point in their childhoods. But as you can see from that big, green wedge on the left, the most popular option of all DOES NOT INVOLVE ADULTS TEACHING KIDS ANYTHING.
Heavy Metal Music and Keeping Kids Safe
November 3, 2022 from Stories of an Unschooling Family
Every birthday, Andy buys Gemma-Rose a heavy metal t-shirt. Our daughter knows nothing about this kind of music except it was a big part of her dad’s life when he was her age. And that makes it special to her. When Andy and I were young parents, we invited new friends to lunch, and while I was giving them a tour of our home, I noticed how they raised their eyebrows when they saw my huge Stephen King book collection.
8 Battles NOT to Pick With Your Child
November 2, 2022 from Untigering
As I was scrolling through my IG feed the other day, I was surprised to see a post titled “8 Battles to pick with your child.” It listed 8 areas that we should be willing to “fight” our children on. The Reading Fight – Make your kids read. The Outside Fight – Make your kids go outside. The Work Fight – Make your kids work. The Meal Fight – Make your kids eat as a family. The Boredom Fight – Make your kids live with boredom. The “Me-First” Fight – Make your kids go last. The Awkward Conversation Fight – Make your kids have uncomfortable conversations with you. The Limitation Fight – Screen time limits, dietary limits, activity limits, and schedule limits are all good.
Unschooling: Learning the Important Things Before Time Runs Out
October 31, 2022 from Stories of an Unschooling Family
Recently, I had a fabulous afternoon with my teenage daughter Gemma-Rose. We painted our nails while watching a musical stage version of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. While we watched David Hasselhoff turn from Jekyll into Hyde and back again, we exchanged opinions about the singers, the sets and the costumes and whether this adaptation of the novel was successful or not. It was like going back in time to Gemma-Rose’s registered homeschooling days.
Some Unschooling Truths
October 31, 2022 from subsomatic
It feels like it’s been a long time since I’ve written about unschooling. Sometimes I share snippets of our unschooling world over on Instagram but honestly, I’m just not motivated to write about unschooling much anymore. It may be that I’ve reached a place where unschooling just makes sense and I’m not too hung up on the details because it’s working for us right now, but I think there’s a bit more to it that’s worth exploring.
The case for partnering with our kids
October 30, 2022 from Radical Mothering
So I wanna chat a bit more about a book I read recently, that makes a case for parents to hold on to their kids, and why “parents needs to matter more than peers.” Ok. There’s a lot so bear with me. I’m not going to talk about everything, just the more pressing bits! Why does this book matter? Like, why not move on and read other books if this one is so worrying? Well, the reason this book matters is that it gets thrown around a lot in unschooling and homeschooling and peaceful parenting circles - it gets quoted and mentioned and generally praised.