Unschooling

[mzcelaneous]

Has anyone ever heard of this?

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unschooling is two basic things: a way of learning and a way of parenting, sometimes referred to as radical unschooling. it falls under homeschooling, but it's not homeschooling at all. it's understanding that learning happens everywhere, all the time, that all ways of learning are valuable (video games, computer, movies, television, art, play, reading, etc...), and that learning does not have to be something confined to a *school* or from a textbook. the parenting part is recognizing your children as partners, bascially. viewing them as whole people, not controlling or coercing them, respecting them and their wishes, understanding that you MAY be needed as a guide and that may not be as often as YOU think you're needed. it's joyful living, really. principles instead of rules seeing what is and addressing it and being open to it instead of discipline, stuff like that. freedom but not freedom without license. it's being part of a partnership, in the true sense of that. a partnership in love. sounds crazy probably, but really it's pretty fundamental.

Links on info can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unschooling
http://sandradodd.com/unschooling.html
http://unschooling.info/

An online friend of mine recently introduced me to this way of parenting (which I had absolutely NO clue of previously). Has anyone been unschooled? Are there any parents practicing this method on here? I'm curious to hear about other people's experiences.

 

[macluver]

I have heard of it but I don't think it's for every child. Not every child is motivated to learn much on their own. But if it works for you, more power to ya!