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-=-he has recently taken to looking up lego books at the library and that is a big step. -=- Do you get the Lego magazine and catalogs? There are online Lego patterns. Might have a little text, but

I would LOVE any idea on appropriate kids online games or other games we can use on the comp or WII; he's been playing with a few but we need new ideas. Here are some my kids enjoy: online (and free):

He does not do Chats and no cell phone. He spends an enormous amount of time with legos. he has recently taken to looking up lego books at the library and that is a big step. He does read some video

<ackirebecci@...> wrote: 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 things together. If you are willing to

-=-Lately, I have felt so overwhelmed with the daily living things, that very little else is happening. I feel like I have to fall back on "kids learn all the time", not because I dont want other

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Joyce wrote: >>>>>> I wouldn't say exact expectation. (Not sure what that is but it> sounds too precise ;-) But I'd say I expected unschooling to have> certain effects like enjoying learning,

I am really enjoying this discussion. -=- 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? -=- ~~Keith says an

-=-Maybe that's another one for that list--whatever that list is...truths that taken out of context become platitutdes? That's an awfully long name for a list. -=- Well... Maybe LOU-Unschooling.

-=-They all have something outstanding about them: a particular passion, a vocation, a terrific personality, an intensity well-channelled, something.-=- Marty's going to have to go with the

Good point! If this is a fundamental truth, and people go on about their business without really looking at what their kids ARE learning, then this could be permission to not put in very much energy

I sometimes wondered about this myself, in terms of who has come before me <g>. I see happy, healthy, engaged adults when I look at Pam's, Sandra's and Joyce's kids, for instance. They all have

When Simon was a baby there was a lot of stuf out in the world that I interacted with about Ferberizing. Mad About You even had an episode that was all about getting their baby to sleep through the

-=-Kathryn has completed NaNoWriMo (a 50,000 word novel in one month) several times. Unschooling didn't cause her to do that. What unschooling did do was not squash what was naturally in her and

Parents who have very specific "outcomes" they want to see in their children, like "Go to college," or "Become a doctor," "Be vegetarian," or something like that - are not good candidates for

I can attest to opposing my parent's religion ... and I would say that *not only* did/do I end up believing very differently from most people in my family but I *also* (unlike the way I was raised) am

I wouldn't say exact expectation. (Not sure what that is but it sounds too precise ;-) But I'd say I expected unschooling to have certain effects like enjoying learning, curiosity, good relationship,

Since unschooling has so much to do with allowing and accepting, and really supporting who our children are, I think it's a different kettle of fish than the host of philosophies that create a rigid

~~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

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