Comments on: Deschooling For Parents

By: bekaroo

bekaroo — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:39:26 +0000

i’ve unschooled practically my whole life…sometimes i find it hard, comparing myself to others who have done the whole “school institute” thing; being good enough; measuring up. but…it’s my choice of giving them permission to make me feel inferior. and i’ve learned SO much and life lessons are hardcore sometimes.

encouraging post! thanks so much for writing–i’ve loved finding unschooling sites that affirm.

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 15:42:02 +0000

I find myself deshcooling every day and I have been a full time mom for almost 18 years. Old, bad habits are hard to shed.

Patience is a virtue.
Kimberly´s last post: Wonderful Unschooling Quotes

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:54:18 +0000

I have been homescooling for 5 yrs and my kids never attended public school but I did and the deschooling process is hard to learn even for me. It has become harder when my friends kids started public school I feel that I have to defend my choice because thier kids “know” how to do more school stuff then mine. Thank you for the inspiration to keep at it! My kids are learning and they are learning for life not for tests.

By: Michelle Breum

Michelle Breum — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:34:22 +0000

I applaud every parent who homeschools or unschools. You are educating your children and spending quality time with them. I taught public school as an elementary teacher and gave 150 percent, but I couldn’t meet the needs of every child and went home frustrated most days. I continued to teach after my first child was born and then full-time for one year.
I now have three children in public school. I love my children, but if I spent every waking minute with them we’d all be crazy. Volunteering at school and giving them my all when they’re home is my solution to sanity.
My children play, follow rules, deal with a little boredom, show what they know, and learn a few things in school. Most of their learning happens outside of school through our experiences and conversations.
Good for all of you. I guess I’m an unschooler too, but my children go to school/daycare.
Some parents don’t have what it takes to teach their own kids, so thank goodness for schools and teachers who give it their all or the best they can. It’s a tough job.
.-= Michelle Breum´s last blog ..Magnetic Letter Work =-.

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By: Vidyut

Vidyut — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:20:15 +0000

I described deschooling to a friend as ‘rehab’ from schooling because that is bad for you, and you have to watch out for relapses of “shoulds”. She laughed out loud.

I look back, and think its one of the most concise descriptions I’ve heard.

By: Arp

Arp — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:03:22 +0000

Great post – deschooling myself was a very big part of our family’s unschooling journey. It was the difference between liking the idea of unschooling vs living it every day. I wish it had happened overnight, but it took months, with a big kick in the pants from reading ‘Parenting a Free Child.’ It’s hard to realize how ingrained lessons become when you are exposed them for 12 years.
.-= Arp´s last blog ..When an unschooled kid tries school =-.

By: Sandra Dodd

Sandra Dodd — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:20:18 +0000

Kids used to ask my daughter Holly, “But what about recess!?” They couldn’t imagine a life without recess. Holly had no need for “recess” from school, as she had no school. It was beyond their faintest comprehension.

By: Joanne

Joanne — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:56:00 +0000

Thank you for stopping by. I don’t think you’ll find anyone here that reads this bloghere who “blesses” the public school system for anything. Unschooling means our kids don’t go to school. What’s wrong with playing all day?

By: Jody & Ruth Been

Jody & Ruth Been — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:37:00 +0000

The indoctrination process in American public schools leaves much to be desired, for sure. I was homeschooled for 2 years (the rest in public schools) and I look back on those 2 years as critical to my personal educational growth. However, having taught English for 2 1/2 years in South Korea, I have come to bless the American school system over and over again. At least we try to teach our kids while they’re IN school! In Korea the children spend hours in school playing and then spend the rest of their lives in after-school academies actually learning so they can get ahead.

It is the most twisted approach to education I have ever seen, and it makes me love and appreciate every creative teacher I had in America. Our system, however faulty it may be, is vastly better than most educational systems in the world.