Catherine stops in Arkansas to harvest blackberries and plums on their way to Indiana. You can homestead from the road by stopping at local farms along your route!!! The blackberries were eaten in the car and used in smoothies...
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Is mutual respect truly possible between children and parents?
I know what you're thinking at this point. "But they're kids. Is...
Are we all born as creative geniuses? In a talk at TEDX Tucson, Dr. George Land reveals shocking results of a creativity test that was initially developed for NASA, but lead to the testing of school children.
After proving successful...
Falling Fruit has been such an amazing resource for our family! I love watching my children explore nature, especially when they have gained the skill set and knowledge to actually CONSUME pieces of the world around us with confidence...
If you care about freedom, consider unschooling your kids.
Unschooling is an educational approach that's legal in all 50 states.
It's not to be confused with how to pleasantly coerce your child to do schoolwork, how to get your kids to...
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Awareness of others' needs and wants doesn't come naturally to everyone--and it's something that many young people fail to...
I originally wrote this in 2012, when my children were much younger.
Gentle discipline. That sounds pretty progressive, right?
Not spanking or hitting children IS still a pretty progressive concept in our society (unfortunately). In my opinion, it’s disheartening that we’re...
Resistance
When did I become such an uptight parent? Yesterday I caught myself shooing my children out of the kitchen while I was trying to get our upcoming road trip snacks into the dehydrator.
I was tired, I was trying to...
Do you wish you could homeschool or unschool your kids? Well, good news--you CAN!
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard the phrase “If I didn’t xyz, I would homeschool”.
The majority of these statements come from working or...
Road schooling or world schooling, emphasises the idea that most of the learning in life takes place outside of a traditional classroom. While the amount of formal school work done will vary depending on the family, the uniqueness of...
Do you let your kids play with fire?
For most Americans, child safety means keeping kids far away from anything sharper than a nerf ball.
However, you might be surprised to learn that not all countries treat their children like delicate...
Compulsory public school is widely thought of as something that benefits society as a whole.
A reasonably well-educated populace makes a country run more smoothly...or, at least, that's the theory.
An Arizona State Representative wants to improve public school--by making it optional.
Yes,...