On 3/23/2010 8:11 PM, Sorschasmom wrote:
~~Forcing children to live a parent's philosophy doesn't necessarily produce
kids that live those same philosophies and could actually produce the
opposite.~~
I would love to explore this more in regards to unschooling. Is there an
exact expectation that because we choose to live an unschooling life that it
will produce a certain type of teen or adult?
I expect the kids to grow up interested in the world around them. I expect them to grow up to be pretty generous and supportive of the people they care about. I expect my kids to be pretty good critical thinkers - analytical.
But the above aren't really an expectation that unschooling will produce that type of person, it is more that it is what I think our lifestyle is likely to lead to.
I have said that my goal for them regarding math was that at least I'd do no harm - that they might grow up not knowing a lot of math, but at least they wouldn't hate it or have the kind of serious math anxiety/phobia that is so often caused by schooling.
I'm not really sure what "a certain type" means, though. What is a "type of person?"
-pam
