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 we need to keep everything… MoreNothing is more valuable than a parent’s time
The restless, loud ones. The rule bending, breaking ones. The ones we tell to sit down, slow down, quiet down, calm down, back down. Here’s to letting them run, jump,… MoreHere’s to the wild ones
September 12, 2019 – a lovely spring day, the first time in months you could genuinely use the word ‘warm’, and the day we officially started wearing the past-due pregnancy… MorePrimrose June’s birth story (home birth)
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 home. It will grow, organically,… MoreWhat does an unschooler’s classroom look like?
I really struggled with that question in our early days. I spent hours checking the level my kids should be at across the core academic subjects, either sweating on them… MoreHow will you make sure your home educated child isn’t falling behind?
Being in the moment – we do it so naturally as children, but the more we grow up the more we struggle with it. In fact, perhaps that’s the definition… MoreAre we providing the framework our children need to live intentionally?
I’ll never forget the first time I was asked that question as a home educating dad. I fumbled my way through a rambling response that didn’t really answer anything, and… MoreHow can you be sure you’re teaching your child to a high enough standard?
“The real world” As a home educating family you hear this term a lot, usually as part of a phrase that’s questioning whether your children will ever be able to… MoreHow will you make sure your home educated child is prepared for the real world?
To answer that, let me present two models of social development. Model One: Children are gathered into small groups, their age and home address the primary selection criteria. Outside of… MoreHow will you make sure your home educated child is socialised?
Back when we started talking openly about wrapping up our young children’s time in the school system – a time, for one of them, that was extremely difficult – we… MoreAre home educating parents just too sensitive to their children’s discomfort?
