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 Jul 20 2007 | Filed under: aware, looking out, nvc & pet, others wisdom, parenting, unschooling
Life Learning Magazine’s latest edition has reprinted an article I wrote a while ago now called “Parenting is Making My Brain Hurt”, which you can read here.
It was first published in Connections ezine. Re reading the article which I wrote late last year made me think about my use of NVC (non violent […]
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 02 2007 | Filed under: 0 to 2 year old, empowerment & trust, natural learning, parenting, unschooling
This morning I realised that I was in the presence of a pioneer! More than that he was a scientist, an explorer, dare I say… perhaps the most intrepid adventurer of our time.
What’s more it happened in our house… in our kitchen no less!
For that was where I was in the presence of Z, […]
arun on Jun 22 2007 | Filed under: empowerment & trust, organics, unregulating food, tv
It seems that the discussion with the Weston Price crew from my last post is still going…
If you missed it, in summary they feel that im a well intentioned but misguided (bordering on irresponsible) parent to be providing processed food and/ or sugar based food to my children when they request it, particularly keeping […]
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 06 2007 | Filed under: *favourites*, dad stuff, education, homeschooling, newbies, parenting, unschooling
I keep meeting and hearing of Mums who want to unschool & practice non coercive parenting but are having problems bringing their hubbys along for the ride. Originally I had planned to write a series of “letter to Dads”, in trying to communicate the great potential and benefits of these approaches.
I was half way through […]
arun on May 29 2007 | Filed under: control & connection, empowerment & trust, homeschooling, natural learning, parenting, unregulating food, tv, unschooling
The first article I wrote when I first launched this site An Unschooling Journey from Control to Connection has now been printed in Kindred magazine, although I have not seen a copy yet. I love that mag, but the readership is very Steiner/ Waldolf based and I’m not sure what the reaction will be […]
arun on May 23 2007 | Filed under: looking out, mainstream media, unschooling
Minnesota Public Radio did an interesting story on unschooling here. Here’s a quote from it:
For Roya Sooroshian, getting into college wasn’t a problem. She’s been unschooled since the fourth grade. She passed the high school equivalency exam at 15. Now, at 22, she just graduated from California State University at Long Beach.
Sooroshian says when she […]
arun on Apr 18 2007 | Filed under: *favourites*, education, family diary, homeschooling, natural learning, newbies, unschooling
M & I recently made a 2 hour drive both ways to & from Brisbane to see “the Fairies” live. M got dressed as a fairy especially.
Had a fantastic chat on the way back to Byron Bay. Started with M (who is 5yrs) asking why we could drive past the other cars and me explaining […]
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