tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248960025880732886.post2173929338284692583..comments2023-04-14T09:00:44.879-06:00Comments on Happy and Free: LeadingStephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06646398396834008698noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248960025880732886.post-1859892986641379842009-11-08T05:37:37.242-07:002009-11-08T05:37:37.242-07:00What an interesting experiment, however you decide...What an interesting experiment, however you decide to label yourself, I think what is most important is that you are putting your children and their interests and needs first.Christie - Childhood 101https://www.blogger.com/profile/03273633554293833746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248960025880732886.post-59237574425404755132009-10-24T21:16:22.255-06:002009-10-24T21:16:22.255-06:00I am late seeing these posts! I admire your effor...I am late seeing these posts! I admire your effortful Experiment, and I think it would feel quite the same were we to do it! Somehow I imagined that your kids really were just demanding to do experiments all the time -- LOL. How silly of me. Of COURSE they need you to dig some ideas up for them.<br /><br />I like the idea of "structured unschoolers." Because some of need (just a littleAmandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15729511504280715449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248960025880732886.post-13503503644228396072009-10-24T08:12:24.744-06:002009-10-24T08:12:24.744-06:00I think what you've expressed here is an examp...I think what you've expressed here is an example of the fact that you have to do what is right for your whole family and if you do, then it is right for your children. <br />What some unschooling "purists" forget is that children are part of a family, and that family is the functional unit, not the individual. Moms do not have to sacrifice all of their desires to those of their Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01681800417597386171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248960025880732886.post-9908353733464122122009-10-17T06:02:13.187-06:002009-10-17T06:02:13.187-06:00I think the ebb and flow is really accurate. Some...I think the ebb and flow is really accurate. Sometimes we are "true" unschoolers, but sometimes that flows away from us a for a little while. No worries here, as long as we are all OK with what is going on. Don't get me wrong, there are no workbooks or sticker charts around here, but sometimes my "strewing" gets more intense than others. I think we are like a flock of Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16642947276308505560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248960025880732886.post-35168784205624075512009-10-17T02:10:10.688-06:002009-10-17T02:10:10.688-06:00Great post. I think you are what I am. A structu...Great post. I think you are what I am. A structured unschooler. An oxymoron some would say. So lets reword them, we strew structurally...hmmmmm.....We take a look at our kids, their interests, their maturity, their evrything and we make suggestions based on what they may want to do, and then do them. For example: 'hay, let's listen to story of the world while driving' (starts MamaLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625287596359223318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248960025880732886.post-17908573985153934252009-10-16T12:03:34.128-06:002009-10-16T12:03:34.128-06:00I have been thinking about Crunchy Christian Momma...I have been thinking about Crunchy Christian Momma's entry too. I was thinking how I don't think I can be classified as an unschooler or a Charlotte Mason homeschooler or...whatever...because I take elements from each that fit our family, and leave the rest. I guess what worries me more is the issue that it seems that many of us seem to want to label and reject those that don't fit Phyllishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09217282962233011656noreply@blogger.com