Comments on: Teenager ducks and stuff like that

By: Indigo

Indigo — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 05:00:50 +0000

Forgive me if I’m posting something you already know about, but have you checked out the MDC forums at https://www.mothering.com/discussions/ ? In addition to seriously awesome conversations on natural/green living and parenting, they also have active forums, with resources, on homeschooling and unschooling. Dads hang out there, too, so don’t let the name put you (or any other interested dads) off :) There are a lot of other controversial topics, like vaccination, but most of the parents are pretty cool, and at least able to ‘agree to disagree’. It’s by far one of my favorite resources when it comes to almost anything.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:53:30 +0000

It’s true Don, unschooling would not have been as easy when we were kids, or as fun. It’s nice to be able to look up whatever it is we’ve seen or been discussing. Having unschooled for years now, I would never consider another way. Totally free to learn! Free as in not restrained, the internet, etc isnt free but close enough.

You guys seem to be doing great, which is wonderful.
<3

By: DON

DON — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:02:37 +0000

Reading about the home-is-a-school idea, I find it fascinating to realize how significant the internet now is as a key element of it.

Perhaps I wasn’t very inquisitive as a child, but if I’d wanted to know about something I’d seen while we were out, I’d ask my parents and if they didn’t know, then that would pretty much have been the end of it. We didn’t have any books to speak of at home, so “research” would’ve entailed trying to get a book from the village library or writing off to somewhere – by which time the impetus was lost and whatever interest I’d had would have waned.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:38:52 +0000

PS. I feel a little bad because I haven’t properly credited them, but I must finally give credit to the free textures that I have used on a few recent photographs: https://www.flickr.com/photos/borealnz/sets/72157610307314214/with/2549518639/