arun on Sep 29 2007 | Filed under: 0 to 2 year old, family diary, parenting, unconditional, unregulating food, tv
Reading the elists & web sites that I do and hanging out with the families that we do, it was a reality check to hear terms such as “good, bad & naughty” thrown around so much during the last 10 days while visiting my extended family. Usually it was “Good” but of course that always […]
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 Jul 13 2007 | Filed under: 4 to 8 year old, family diary, natural learning, newbies, stages & ages, unschooling
When I started this site I wrote some Quick Definintions of a range a terms from unschooling to deschooling.
Since that time we have been living those terms more and more and as a result my children have been helping me understand them more. I am constantly learning new definitions, here are some that I learnt […]
arun on Jul 11 2007 | Filed under: 0 to 2 year old, 4 to 8 year old, family diary, mindfulness, stages & ages
I often think of children as “markers in time”.
(At the risk of sounding like a Bold & Beautiful intro) It’s like an hour glass with sand dripping from the top to the bottom… the second grain to fall literally doubles what is there, the change is so incredibly stark and obvious. By the time […]
arun on Jun 28 2007 | Filed under: family diary
We are extremely excited! We have recently decided to visit the USA in October.
We would love to be there for the Live and Learn Unschooling Conference but we have to attend my cousins wedding in Australia in late September so could not swing it this year (maybe next time?).
One of the main reasons for our […]
arun on Jun 19 2007 | Filed under: control & connection, empowerment & trust, family diary, green living, health & nutrition, links, organics, parenting, unregulating food, tv, unschooling, wellness
I was starting to think I was being paranoid about my expected response to the article I wrote for Kindred magazine. Kindred is one of my favourite parenting resources and my impression is that its readership is into natural parenting, simple living, Steiner (Waldolf) and such things.
A friend just let me know about this […]
arun on Jun 14 2007 | Filed under: 0 to 2 year old, 4 to 8 year old, death & life, family diary, mindfulness, relationships, work from home
Years ago when i had a day job and only one child, I used to catch a melbourne tram up lygon street to work. The sardine feel was horrible, as was saying good bye to my lover and our new baby for the best part of the day.
The tram would trundle past a huge cemetery […]
arun on May 18 2007 | Filed under: *favourites*, family diary, mindfulness, parenting
So is your inner voice shooting off at the mouth again too? You know the voice Im talking about right? Its the one in your head right now saying “what inner voice… I dont have an ‘inner voice’… he’s crazy!”.
I wish I was back in the ‘inner voice’ sales room… in hindsight I would have […]
arun on May 14 2007 | Filed under: family diary, parenting
way too much to say about my lover, friend, partner… anne. Mumma to our two children. An amazing woman, an inspiration. And as our daughter reminds me… “that’s one crazy mumma!”
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