Today I have my lovely son here to talk about something that is really important to him! He asked me if he could write something about what he loves about not using school. He wants other families to think about unschooling and unnecessarily controlling kids. _________ Hi, I’m Cameron. I am seven. I love minecraft, […]
What I learned being hit as a child
Being a respectful parent, who doesn’t use punishment and who is surrounded by other like minded parents as friends, I forget that it’s still common practice for many parents to discipline using force. Whether you call it smacking, swatting, tapping, etc. I’m talking about using physical force to punish a child or ‘teach them a […]
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Standardising Childhood
I think a good majority of my readers would agree that standardised testing for young kids isn’t in children’s best interests. I think there’s been enough professionals, TED talks, viral videos and articles proving time and time again that standardised testing doesn’t measure genuine learning outcomes and at worst are harming children and the institutions […]
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What If
When I get questions about interest-led learning and educating at home, they’re quite often the ‘what if’s’. What if they miss out on a basic skill? What if you don’t know how to teach them something? What if you forget to teach them ____? What if, what if, what if. The truth is I’m not […]
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Connecting with the Natural World | Day 29 – 30DaysTYP
30 Days to Transform Your Play series “As a child, one has that magical capacity to move among the many eras of the earth; to see the land as an animal does; to experience the sky from the perspective of a flower or a bee; to feel the earth quiver and breathe beneath us; to […]
