Never let your schooling interrupt your education.
Written by Purva Brown of The Classical Unschooler. I live in an upside down world. I might as well admit it. It's the kind of world that gives me an invaluable perspective. One that moves along with the other more overtly visible world and yet is tilted a bit, well, sideways. I want to …
Fighting monsters in the upside down world of unschoolingRead More
Written by Kara S. Anderson So here's how it goes: We all want connection. Every one of us. We all want acceptance. And in a perfect world, we want support. We also want our kids to have pals, and to be able to destroy the "socialization" question on impact: "WE HAVE A CO-OP, DIANE. …
A simple guide to finding a homeschool co-op that fitsRead More
Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins I am trying to remember what life skills I had when I entered adulthood. I feel like it was a short list: how to boil pasta, how to run a washing machine, how to navigate the college parking lot for students who didn’t live on campus? That may have been about …
Written by Shawna of Not The Former Things Sensory Processing Disorder is actually to blame for our decision to homeschool in the first place. My oldest son was in public school until third grade. Every single day was a battle for both of us. For me, it looked like trying to get him to wear …
Written by Kris Bales of Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers. When my husband and I were young, new parents, we said we wouldn't make our kids work as teens. They could if they wanted to, but we wouldn't require it because they had their whole lives to work and pay bills. Then, we discovered this …
Our personal experience with teens and part-time jobsRead More
