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Growing community: Finding Support as an Unschooling Family

Growing community: Finding Support as an Unschooling Family

So many people tell me about the pain that they go through as they try to make school fit. Their child is miserable at school, every day feels like a battle, and the school continuously place blame for their child’s lack of enthusiasm/ refusal/ separation anxiety on...

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Radical Acceptance and the Journey of Deschooling

Radical Acceptance and the Journey of Deschooling

When we first embarked on our unschooling journey, I thought I was simply doing education different for my children. What I didn't realise was that unschooling would become a radical act of deschooling not just our children, but ourselves, and not just in the area of...

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Unschooling Ourselves: The Radical Path of Self Compassion

Unschooling Ourselves: The Radical Path of Self Compassion

In a world that constantly demands productivity, perfection, and performance, unschooling offers a revolutionary alternative. It's not just about education—it's about unlearning the deeply ingrained narratives that keep us trapped in cycles of self-criticism and...

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The Real Journey of Unschooling: Beyond Instagram Moments

The Real Journey of Unschooling: Beyond Instagram Moments

When we scroll through social media, unschooling can look like a perfect montage of sun-drenched learning adventures and joyful exploration. But let's get real – it's so much more complicated than that. The Myth of Constant Joy As a parent, I've felt the crushing...

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2023 An Unschooling Year in Numbers

2023 An Unschooling Year in Numbers

I read it in Home Ed groups all the time. Questions like, ‘Are you structured or do you unschool?’ or comments that say, ‘I couldn’t unschool because we need a structure in our lives or we wouldn’t get anything done.’ It’s a common place for unschooling to sit in the...

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Don’t Be Mean About Screens

Technology is here and here to stay. There are voices every where all the time telling us about the latest app or game that is detrimental to our young people’s health and development. There is guidelines and advice from every which direction about how to limit and...

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Tree Climbing and Real Life Learning

-How the joy of climbing trees provides optimal conditions for quality learning- My children have spent many hours climbing trees in local woodland. There was a time when if I couldn’t see one of them, then I had to remember to look up as well as look everywhere else...

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How Will They Learn About The Real World?

-Living a joyful unschooling life doesn’t mean that nothing unjoyful never happens- Dealing with disappointment today. Half term seemed to be upon us early (INSET day, I guess) and our attempt at going bowling was thwarted. 'Have you booked?' asked the lady on the...

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