That was the question from our now 5 year old daughter yesterday. She had just heard children talking about school. She asked, “will I ever have to go to school? Even when I am eleven?” (it’s always eleven… its her favourite number).
We explained that she never would. She has been asking more questions about how […]

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This one is definitely worth a read. Long but gives a good sense of radical unschooling. It airs the usual criticisms – that it wont work for children who are “not questioners”… which misses the point that if children are given space to follow their interest and develop self motivation that they will. I think […]

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I recently wrote an article entitled An Unschooling Journey – from Control to Connection which you can read by clicking here.
I wrote it for Kindred magazine (formerly Byron Child Magazine) who will hopefully be publishing it in their June edition.
I have been very motivated to write such an article because although anne & I feel that […]

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It is a common question: “so you homeschool…aren’t you worried about socialisation?”
I like unschooling Mum Rue Kream’s response, “Yes, but not for my own children.”
This reversal is also creatively captured in the excellent article Conversations From the Future, which is definitely worth a read if you have not seen it already.
Today we were at […]

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