arun on Mar 22 2007 | Filed under: nvc & pet, others wisdom, parenting, unconditional
Was it just me… or when you were a child did you plan out three wishes just in case you happened upon a genie in the lamp? Ok it was just me… but who’ll be laughing when a genie appears in front of you and all you can think of to ask for is an [...]
arun on Mar 20 2007 | Filed under: aware, family diary, unregulating food, tv
Today was a pretty quiet day and was interesting for its lack of dvds. Since late last year we have unregulated a portable dvd player with our 5 yr old daughter… so she can watch it when ever she wants. We have gone through patches where she has not watched any but it has been [...]
arun on Mar 15 2007 | Filed under: family diary, homeschooling, parenting
Attending a friends wedding and taking the opportunity to catch up with friends & family in Melbourne. Has been both fantastic fun and really difficult at times. Mental note to self – non coercive parenting is very challenging when in five different houses in seven days. Of course we created the situation but it has [...]
arun on Mar 06 2007 | Filed under: education, homeschooling, looking out, mainstream media
Homeschoolers make up over 1.1 million people in the USA. Obviously this is a very mixed bag, I remember reading one estimate of unschoolers within that being between 20 to 40% but for the life of me I cannot remember where I read that and how they came to that figure! What ever the case [...]
arun on Mar 06 2007 | Filed under: aware
We are shifting our approach to crying. With the birth of our first child tears were to be feared. On hearing them we jumped into action – bouncing, jiggling or just “plugging” up with breast or dummy. Anything to stop the crying! During that time some friends had recommended the work of Aletha Solter however [...]
arun on Mar 05 2007 | Filed under: conflict & communication, control & connection, nvc & pet, parenting, unconditional
I admit to total frustration at times. When our daughter barks a command at her grand mother. Or yells at us after we have just gone out of our way to try to help her. Such experiences are not everyday but they happen… we just got back from staying with my mother in law, so [...]
arun on Mar 03 2007 | Filed under: family diary
Yesterday driving to brisbane and our 5 yr old daughter asked again about God. We are keen not to “push” our beliefs or lack of beliefs on her and try to reflect a range of opinions as objectively as possible. We talked about how different people believed in different things. Anne talked about her mum [...]
