Unschooling | Respectful Parenting | Intentional Living

On Children Adjusting to School

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As someone who writes and shares about parenting, I’m in many parenting groups. Time and time again there are people asking essentially the same question: How can I help my child adjust to school? Their child is upset with starting school or has grown resentful of school. They’re crying or angry or making excuses not […]

Schooled Culture

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When we discuss schooling, deschooling and of course unschooling, a lot of people I think are limited in what they view schooling as. Schooling runs far deeper through our society than the institutions themselves. ‘Schooling’ is about all the things we have been taught about learning, about children themselves, what it means to be ‘educated’, […]

On Judging Parenting

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I’m often told that I need to stop judging other parents. That my opinions are offensive and I’m being judgemental. “To each their own” they say and they berate me for “not seeing another way“. There are so many flaws at the root of this concept. I hope you’ll hear me out. Judgement Is Inevitable […]

Your Child Doesn’t Need Teaching

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contains affiliate links Your child doesn’t need teaching. That’s a pretty bold statement and many who aren’t on the journey of deschooling are likely to dispute this. But let me explain. Your child truly doesn’t need teaching as we know it. I think the issue with this mentality is very ingrained but primarily a two-fold problem: […]

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