arun on Sep 17 2011 | Filed under: homeschooling, parenting, unschooling
You may have noticed a serious lack of posts on this blog… I actually considered canning the whole thing because I’ve really been enjoying not blogging. But for now it survives, so it’s about time for an update. Since my last post we moved to Melbourne. We did this because of all cities in australia, [...]
arun on Sep 17 2010 | Filed under: family diary, homeschooling, inspiration, others wisdom, unschooling
The first ever Australian Unschooling Retreat/ Conference wound up a couple of weeks ago and it was a huge success! With over 100 families attending it far exceeded expectations (i admit it… especially mine!) and involved 4 days of discussion, swimming, clay play, inspiration and more. Our family enjoyed making new friends, connecting with old [...]
arun on May 10 2010 | Filed under: links, looking out, other, others wisdom, unschooling
YAY to Maree & Erica, the crazy unschooling mums who have managed (in all their spare time) to initiate the first ever… AUSTRALIAN UNSCHOOLING CONFERENCE RETREAT September 3 – 7. 2010. @ The beautiful Tallebudgera Tourist Park, Gold Coast, Qld. Come together with other natural learning families for the first ever Unschooling Conference in Australia! [...]
arun on Sep 11 2008 | Filed under: 2 to 4 year old, 4 to 8 year old, natural learning, unschooling
A couple of weeks ago as M (6yrs) was climbing a tree she asked if anyone in the world live in trees. Drawing from my knowledge of ancient indigenous cultures in the modern world… I gave the obvious answer: “I dunno!!” It would have been easy to forget about it since she did not mention [...]
arun on Aug 12 2008 | Filed under: control & connection, death & life, empowerment & trust, mindfulness, parenting, unschooling
I admit it. I am still a reforming parenting control freak. You wouldn’t know it to chat to me. Or by the fact I am into unschooling and trusting my children. But in all honesty it is a constant effort not to “do things for them”, or more often “to tell them or make them [...]
arun on Aug 12 2008 | Filed under: links, looking out, others wisdom, unschooling
Why have the unschooling magazines gone? First Live Free Learn Free went electronic and now seems to be no more. Then more recently Life Learning Magazine got absorbed into its bigger cousing Natural Parenting Magazine. Meanwhile Connections online magazine seems to be the last one standing but is very infrequent. So if unschooling is growing [...]
arun on Aug 11 2008 | Filed under: empowerment & trust, parenting, unregulating food, tv, unschooling
I really enjoyed writing a post a little while ago about “Finding the Yes”. However i feel motivated to write a little more clearly about this topic given the steady stream of mainstream (and often alternative) parenting commentators talking about how essential boundaries and “just saying ‘no’” are. From Dr Phil right through to personal [...]
arun on Jun 01 2008 | Filed under: empowerment & trust, looking out, others wisdom, unschooling
The following quote is from one of my favourite unschool writers, Joyce Fetteroll. Along with Rue Kream’s book, Joyce’s web site has been a key resources for my own unschooling journey. Joyce wrote this in a discussion on the Unschooling Basics egroup and Ive reproduced it here with her permission: Teachers face this huge pile [...]
arun on May 12 2008 | Filed under: control & connection, empowerment & trust, parenting
I know it can be hard sometimes. In fact over the years I’ve been through periods when I thought that “the Yes” have become extinct. They can be slippery buggers – sometimes so small and great at hiding. Its as though you’ve got to feel them first… believe in them… then maybe, just maybe you [...]
arun on Apr 22 2008 | Filed under: cartoons, control & connection, unregulating food, tv
This is so me sometimes click on the image below to see the full size pic in a new window… [note: you can reproduce any of these cartoons so long as you: 1) leave a comment or drop me a line to tell me where; 2) include a live link back to www.theparentingpit.com; and 3) [...]
