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Why did we choose to home educate our children?

  • by StarkRavingDad
  • January 6, 2020December 27, 2020

A question I’m often asked, and one that has about twenty possible answers. But at the same time, it really only has one. I could… Read More »Why did we choose to home educate our children?

Can you still homeschool your children when they’re older?

  • by StarkRavingDad
  • January 6, 2020December 27, 2020
  • 1 Comment

We’re often asked how long we’ll home educate our children for. It will be fairly straight forward, people seem to feel, while they’re little. But… Read More »Can you still homeschool your children when they’re older?

The five questions every homeschool parent will be asked

  • by StarkRavingDad
  • January 6, 2020December 27, 2020
  • 1 Comment

“Hey there, kids – no school today?”Nope. Not today, tomorrow, next week, or next year. Ok, give us the face. You know, the one with… Read More »The five questions every homeschool parent will be asked

I went to school and turned out fine, it can’t be all bad

  • by StarkRavingDad
  • October 14, 2019December 27, 2020

As a home educating parent I’ve heard a few versions of this lately: “I went to school and turned out fine, and so did all… Read More »I went to school and turned out fine, it can’t be all bad

This weekend, three-quarters of the world will fall asleep feeling the Sunday blues

  • by StarkRavingDad
  • October 14, 2019December 27, 2020

Today is Sunday. Tonight, three-quarters of the world’s working population will fall asleep feeling some level of the Sunday Blues. Three. Quarters. If we didn’t… Read More »This weekend, three-quarters of the world will fall asleep feeling the Sunday blues

When you want your home educated kids to outperform their peers

  • by StarkRavingDad
  • October 14, 2019December 27, 2020

Real talk: as the parent of home educated kids I still find myself hoping they’ll outperform their school peers academically, despite believing the measures and… Read More »When you want your home educated kids to outperform their peers

Nothing is more valuable than a parent’s time

  • by StarkRavingDad
  • October 14, 2019December 27, 2020

Parenting is a complex business. We get tangled up in expectations, benchmarks, comparisons, busy-ness, tiredness, having the right things, the pressure of making the money… Read More »Nothing is more valuable than a parent’s time

Here’s to the wild ones

  • by StarkRavingDad
  • October 14, 2019December 27, 2020

The restless, loud ones. The rule bending, breaking ones. The ones we tell to sit down, slow down, quiet down, calm down, back down. The… Read More »Here’s to the wild ones

Primrose June’s birth story (home birth)

  • by StarkRavingDad
  • September 21, 2019December 27, 2020
  • 9 Comments

September 12, 2019 – a lovely spring day, the first time in months you could genuinely use the word ‘warm’, and the day we officially… Read More »Primrose June’s birth story (home birth)

What does an unschooler’s classroom look like?

  • by StarkRavingDad
  • September 19, 2019December 27, 2020

This is her classroom. And the local farmers’ market. The library. The museum. Skate parks. Forest trails. The swimming pool. Her friend’s homes. Her own… Read More »What does an unschooler’s classroom look like?

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Thanks for stopping by my blog! I’m an unschooling father of four – two boys, two girls – aged 12, 10, 5 and 10 months. I *love* giving a voice to the challenges, struggles, hopes and dreams we have as parents every day – especially when it comes to schooling and alternative education.

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