Archive for August, 2007
arun on Aug 28 2007 | Filed under: *favourites*, looking out, others wisdom
Enough about me… It’s time you shared something about you! I was trying to work out how to find out more about you and then got the idea for this after responding to Tammy’s “Who Are You” post on her excellent blog.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to simply copy and paste […]
arun on Aug 23 2007 | Filed under: conflict & communication, mindfulness, parenting
Anne has been putting me on to the likes of Eckhart Tolle & Jon Kabat-Zinn recently. They both discuss the importance of being aware of the moment as the moment is all we have.
In parenting terms, I am beginning to realise the particular importance of being aware in “that moment”. You know the moment […]
arun on Aug 18 2007 | Filed under: 0 to 2 year old, family diary, parenting, stages & ages
Anne & I have a great responsibility in the morning. We take turns in assisting a scientist with his work.
The science is quite ecclectic. One morning the focus is on chemistry and mixing a huge range of chemicals and compounds with unexpected results. Alternatively it might be on physics, especially comparitive studies on gravity, mass, […]
arun on Aug 13 2007 | Filed under: 4 to 8 year old, control & connection, empowerment & trust, newbies, parenting, unregulating food, tv, unschooling
So you’re reading it anyway right?
In fact more people will probably read this post because of that title. Me writing “Do NOT read this Post” is a limit that is unexplained, artificial and/ or you have no reason for believing… why wouldn’t you at best ignore it or more likely become even more curious by […]
arun on Aug 10 2007 | Filed under: *favourites*, death & life, empowerment & trust, parenting, unschooling
Ive just written this article, its not “giant” as in big… its about Giants.
Its called Into the World of Giants and you can read it here.
It is actually based on a post I wrote a few months ago which I always intended to turn into an article but it has escaped me until now…
I […]
arun on Aug 08 2007 | Filed under: parenting, unschooling
Got an email from the editor of Kindred Magazine who published my Unschooling Journey article in their July/ August edition.
I was both surprised and excited to hear that the Unschooling article has had more positive feedback than almost any other article in the magazine to date (apparently up there with the “vaccine cover-up” and […]
arun on Aug 08 2007 | Filed under: 0 to 2 year old, family diary
arun on Aug 02 2007 | Filed under: parenting, relationships
“It takes a village to raise a child”
– African Saying
What constitutes a family these days? There are single parents; blended groups via splits and new partnerships; mixed genders with gay & lesbian relationships etc etc.. However in most iterations there is often a common thread – pressure put on one or at best two individuals […]