Parenting - Stories of an Unschooling Family

Chores and Kids: What if We Said, “Yes”?

My most popular post ever is Getting Kids to Help With the Chores. After publishing it, readers flocked over to see what I’d written. Had I discovered the secret to having helpful

Teenagers, Rules and Rebellion

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“My daughter will be 13 soon,” says a mother. She groans: “There’s trouble ahead!” The other mothers nod in sympathy. Yes, life is about to get very difficult. It always does when

Why Picnics are Important

Family·Parenting

Many years ago, parenting and homeschooling could sometimes seem rather overwhelming, Some days my children refused to do what I asked. Or everyone needed me at exactly the same moment. Or I

Unschooling Children, a School Teacher Father, and Tea

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“What does your husband think about you unschooling your children?” I have been asked this question quite a few times. I guess people are interested in the answer because my husband Andy

Unschooling Experts, Criticism, and Radical Chore Rosters

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Last week, I wrote a blog post called Are You a Proper Unschooler? I scheduled it to publish while we were away on holiday in Canberra. By the time we arrived home,

Are You a Proper Unschooler?

Radical Unschooling·Unschooling

I used to worry about labelling our family as unschoolers. What if someone came along and said, “You’re not proper unschoolers”? Some people don’t like labels. Labels can certainly divide us. Someone

Interviewing Sophie (13), an Unschooling Teenager

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Ten Minutes on Thursday “Hey, Sophie! How about I interview you for this week’s unschooling video?” “Okay. What will you ask me?” “All those tricky questions… Why should children be allowed to

Glimpsing the World through a Child’s Eyes

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“Do you want to watch a movie? We’re having a boys’ movie night.” A movie night? That sounds like a relaxing way to spend an evening. Someone grabs the popcorn, someone else

Engines, Muscles, and Spending Time with Dad

Family·Parenting

I remove the engine from Callum’s old ute. It’s no longer needed. “I’m going to fit a bigger more powerful one,” my second son tells me. So he goes on a search

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