A few more things to say...
I've been wrestling with myself for a couple of months about posting here again. Last time I posted, I seemed to have stepped on some toes that are special toes in my life. The post was a good one.... was actually a GREAT ONE :)... and.it was meant to celebrate some of the awesome young adult unschoolers in my life. It came across to a few people as being critical of more traditional paths of learning and parenting and of some specific people that I care about a lot! That was not my intention at all. However, I deleted it and have written and deleted a whole bunch of other posts in my head since then. It's been over two months since I've posted here, although I have opened up my blog to write dozens of times. I recently realized that all the unwritten words are completely clogging up my brain because I don't have enough memory or the right editing tools to keep it all straight up there. I have some personal reasons to keep on writing and I'll share some of those in an upcoming post.
Traditional schooling, homeschooling, going to college and mainstream parenting are written about to death in magazines, columns, blogs and for the most part are celebrated and given a lot of status simply because that is what most people do. Unschooling, peaceful parenting and choosing non-traditional paths of learning and working need more exposure and I enjoy sharing how those choices have worked or are working for us.
Here's the deal. I like to write and if I write about anyone specific, it is usually about my own kids. This blog is about our family with a strong emphasis on celebrating our lives as unschoolers. I could choose to not write any more but sometimes I have things to say that seem to strike a chord with a parent of young children or even with someone who has been unschooling for years. That is really why I share bits of our lives here and so I'm back to do that for at least a little while longer. At this time in my life, my kids are 18 and 21 and I have some very strong opinions about unschooling, schools, college and a host of other things. So, you may find some of those opinions expressed here along with the usual photos and reporting about what's up with us.
So that's my disclaimer and now on to more writing with an occasional photo or two thrown in!
Traditional schooling, homeschooling, going to college and mainstream parenting are written about to death in magazines, columns, blogs and for the most part are celebrated and given a lot of status simply because that is what most people do. Unschooling, peaceful parenting and choosing non-traditional paths of learning and working need more exposure and I enjoy sharing how those choices have worked or are working for us.
Here's the deal. I like to write and if I write about anyone specific, it is usually about my own kids. This blog is about our family with a strong emphasis on celebrating our lives as unschoolers. I could choose to not write any more but sometimes I have things to say that seem to strike a chord with a parent of young children or even with someone who has been unschooling for years. That is really why I share bits of our lives here and so I'm back to do that for at least a little while longer. At this time in my life, my kids are 18 and 21 and I have some very strong opinions about unschooling, schools, college and a host of other things. So, you may find some of those opinions expressed here along with the usual photos and reporting about what's up with us.
So that's my disclaimer and now on to more writing with an occasional photo or two thrown in!
Comments
Thank you for using your voice! I have five children, 9, 7, 6, 4, 2. I am FINALLY admitting to myself, Yes, I am an unschooler.
It just seems to work. The whole trust idea is AWESOME! It works.
Thank you and please do keep sharing!
Andrea
Having been around Gail's children in different time and places, I know for certain that they are really great people in ways they might not have been had they not been brought up the environment and conditions in which they were. I know (not "I think") that there are advantages to unschooling and parenting peacefully. I'm unwilling to deny that knowledge because it makes some parents uncomfortable. Sharing it has made MANY families VERY comfortable (to put it lightly).
Gail, I hope you won't stop sharing what you have learned and seen.
@Sandra, Your confidence is inspiring and I always appreciate reading your words.