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Laura, are you still willing for him to take his time to learn to read? I hear that he would like to and supporting that is great, but there are some kids who just take that extra bit of time to pull

===I can't think of any unpleasant thing he's done I dare say he isn't running around looking for living rooms in which the residents are having sex either. I like how we are all "viewers" in the OP's

===All the while i'm thinking, " well, as an unschooler he will get it when his brain develops to that place." I assisted him when he asked or when he was interested because many times, while he

***Now, here we are and he is showing much more interest in reading so we sit and help him. The thing is he seems to really stuggle with reading over and over again and when i've read so many stories

I'm looking for some insight and advice here please on the subject of Reading, with regard to the concept of 'reading in their own time'. The situation is thus: my son who just turned 12 has wanted to

One of our favorite things to do together is play with the Legos and/or talking while (sorta) watching tv. Sometimes Karl pauses his show in order to play with his toys or get something to eat or go

***we walk by something and we try it and then we find ways to do it at home and I just let that be instead of thinking about ways to enhance her brain/her potential - something that does not fit into

***I just had a long harrowing conversation with a friend who wants to practice all kinds of lovely philosophies but can't, for even the shortest amount of time, look at her children and give them

Sandra asked: <<Clarify, please: -=-31/2-4 years of age-=>> 3.5 was what I meant. Before that he didn't care to watch for too long. I watched with him so I was disappointed on occasion;) but if he

-=-Since this is an unschooling list I felt pretty safe with the school is a myth idea....-=- It's an unschooling list, but it's for discussing what helps people understand unschooling. And clarity

-=-For me, there are two sides to this: 1) our intention and 2) our expectation -=-If our intention is to somehow "improve" on our children, then we're on the wrong path. -=-If our expectation is for

And weasels too. I've always limited my kids exposure to weasels for this very reason. Joanna

-=-Sometimes I think people see a disconnect when looking at an unschooling life in the sense that we, as parents, aren't *supposed* to help our kids develop their deepest interests.-=- I don't

I hear you (choice between school and the streets), a question I've thought about since I was a teenager, and at that time I thought more <schooled> education was the answer. But I don't think

***I don't see how, without the influence of television, any person would get any bad ideas.*** The devil. Dime novels. Penny dreadfuls. Dancing. Houses of ill repute. Dens of iniquity. (do wolves and

-=-I tried the limitation/value approach with the TV years ago because I was finding it a major means of procrastination for myself --=- Before we ever had kids, Keith and I used to get TV Guide and

i misread that at first too - i think it means 3.5 to 4

Clarify, please: -=-31/2-4 years of age-=-

-=- I can't think of any unpleasant thing he's done as a result of being influenced by TV. He's never beaten up other kids, stolen anything, wrecked the car or knocked over a convenience store.