You will make mistakes. You will have regrets. You will question yourself. You will drop the ball. You will blame yourself. You will surprise yourself.… Read More »You will make mistakes, you will have regrets, and you will be ok
Imagine a child or teenager running home and proudly announcing to their parents that they’d failed a test that day. Silly thought, of course. From… Read More »Helping our children embrace failure
“Hey, how are you?!”“I’m good – busy though! What about you?”“Yeah, good, been pretty busy as well!” That word has become a badge of honour.… Read More »We need to take off our busy badge
Back when our kids were in school our eldest son – a gentle, caring soul – gave his mum a much tighter hug than he… Read More »Our children spend over 14,000 hours in a classroom
It is not black and white, compartmentalised. The problem with standardised testing is that it makes it so. It pulls subjects into narrow pathways and… Read More »The real world is not neatly divided into subjects
Parents want the best for their kids, so while unschooling seems nice through childhood many of us worry about the impact such a path will… Read More »Will unschooling my child narrow their career options as an adult?
Kindergarten, primary school, high school, university, work, retirement. Something profound happens when you step off that expected path – you suddenly see how much time… Read More »What does opting out of school look like?
He raises his hand. It’s only 9:30am and he knows he should have used the toilet before he was ushered into this room. It’s going… Read More »Blurring the line between school and prison
This is her classroom. And the beach. The library. The museum. Dance class. Our karate club. Our local shops. Our street. Playgrounds. The… Read More »This is her classroom.
