Feeling lost
Dear all, I'm looking for help to deal with an overwhelming sense of boredom and lack of purpose. I have been dealing with terminal illnesses in the family for several years, my husband's depression
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Catia Maciel
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Re: Grandparents and Unschooled Grandkids
From the first response above: It can't be that grandparents are required to become unschoolers retroactively. It can't be that grandparents don't have rights in their own homes when unschoolers come
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Sandra Dodd
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Re: Grandparents and Unschooled Grandkids
REMINDER This group is not private.? Don't say things you wouldn't want others to read.? It's not a confidential therapy session.? Try to discuss ideas, as ideas, rather than people.? How would
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Sandra Dodd
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Re: Grandparents and Unschooled Grandkids
REMINDER THAT THIS GROUP IS PUBLIC Response from another member: _____________________ If grandparents acted in ways that generally lead to flourishing relationships - being around, helpful in ways
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Sandra Dodd
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Grandparents and Unschooled Grandkids
*Brought anonymously at the request of the author:* My kids are 11 and 6, and since they were born, my husband and I have valued ¡°Always Saying Yes!¡± to their interests and desires. Like many here
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Sandra Dodd
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Re: "Concerned Parent" / stepmother
I am late getting back here.? I had hoped the mom would answer my e-mail to her so I could clarify some things, for the group, still keeping her anonymous. Karen, Jo and Dola all wrote beautiful
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Sandra Dodd
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Re: Write while you can
The day I wrote that, I had first put it on my own facebook page by mistake, and it got some comments there.? One was from Daveed, someone I knew in the Society for Creative Anachronism, who had been
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Sandra Dodd
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Write while you can
I don't think it's too late to "lively up" this group. Seven years ago I wrote something about people's reactions to discussions.? I was a bit...? heated? Here's a response worth considering here.?
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Sandra Dodd
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It is NOT easy to understand "radical unschooling"
Someone sent me a link to the wikipedia page on unschooling.? There's a paragraph about radical unschooling, and it names me, an then misrepresents what I believe, and has a footnote to a page on my
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Sandra Dodd
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Twentieth Anniversary of Always Learning
November 24, is the 20th anniversary of the creation of this group.? Children have been born and grown up past unschooling age in that time.? ?Some who were kids then are parents themselves, now.
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Sandra Dodd
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Re: Advice and criticism
Below is a link to the page where a small part of that writing was shared in screen shot, out of context, without giving readers a clue as to what the topic was.? Zeroing in on one phrase, people not
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Sandra Dodd
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Advice and criticism
In 2009, I wrote this chapter on problems with the idea of a child "being gifted."? It's a school term, and mostly disregards any idea of multiple intelligences.? It's also tied in with testing, and
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Sandra Dodd
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Re: Always Learning¡ªthe rent is due today!
Jennifer, and others, I'm sorry!!? I didn't see that that was a message to this group.? I treated it as private e-mail, and also quoted it here: https://sandradodd.com/feedback/ Then today I notice
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Sandra Dodd
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Re: Always Learning¡ªthe rent is due today!
Hi Sandra I donated $50.00 USD. I am from the UK. Even though I never post, I still read Always Learning and especially the Just Add Light and Stir daily emails, plus I continue to have a look at your
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Jennifer Sheldon
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THANK YOU! Re: Always Learning¡ªthe rent is due today!
THANK YOU.? The cost is covered now, for this group and the website, too. Twenty people swooped in and provided for all of us. If you missed this year, calendar-up for October 2022. If I'm not
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Sandra Dodd
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Re: Looking for a story
#partnership
*How do you go about exposing your children to things that you value?* There's more there.? Meredith Novak was answering the question. I saw it here, just a bit ago:
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Sandra Dodd
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Re: Always Learning¡ªthe rent is due today!
I added a new, better donation button at the top of that page. The working button is in two places:? Top of https://sandradodd.com/donate and bottom right of https://sandradodd.com (
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Sandra Dodd
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Re: Always Learning¡ªthe rent is due today!
Will it work to use regular PayPal and email address? Which email? Sandbox didn't recognize me either but I thought it was because I was using my phone. Planning "soon" to get to desktop and try
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Vicki Dennis
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Re: Always Learning¡ªthe rent is due today!
-=- 20 years! We¡¯ve all come a long way. My ¡°kids¡± are now 27 and 28.-=- On November 2¡ªpretty soon¡ªmy little Holly will turn 30. :-) I'm still very confident about all the ideas that were
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Sandra Dodd
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Re: Always Learning¡ªthe rent is due today!
PayPal, as with other things, used to be simpler. :-)? And I, as with other things, used to be younger. I put the old, plain payment button on the donation page, and I'm going to put the code here
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Sandra Dodd
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