arun on Nov 13 2007 | Filed under: 0 to 2 year old, family diary, laugh
Chatting with a friend over dinner when Z our 19 month old son started yelling and pointing at something under the table, obviously asking for help. I could not see what he wanted and enjoying the conversation with our friend I said to Z, “have a go… try and get it yourself.” I went back [...]
arun on Nov 06 2007 | Filed under: 4 to 8 year old, conflict & communication, family diary, laugh
Driving along yesterday and M who is 5yrs was having a shouting match over a fairy doll with Z who is 18months. Im the sort of person who needs to concentrate when I drive. Well actually the driving bit is fine… its the driving in the right direction that seems to consume every brain cell [...]
arun on Oct 31 2007 | Filed under: family diary
Above are pictures of us at a lodge just north of Seattle in the USA. For regular visitors or people who know us you might realise that is a long way from home as we currently live in Byron Bay, Australia. Our recent and relatively short trip to the USA explains why October has been [...]
arun on Sep 30 2007 | Filed under: 4 to 8 year old, control & connection, empowerment & trust, family diary, parenting, unconditional
We just returned home from 10 days staying with my mum interstate for a relation’s Indian wedding extravaganza. Pictured is M after Mendhi night, a traditional ceremony where henna is put in intricate patterns on the hands of female participants, it lasts for about two weeks afterwards. WHEN YOUR CHEEKS ARE NOT YOUR OWN A [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
