Hey, you could take a GCSE in that!
My daughter has recently been exploring fashion photography, and she spent some hours yesterday taking photos for a friend.
Unravelling gently
Unravelling Gently explores the parent's process of deschooling as we navigate a path of connection, wholeness and lifelong learning with our children
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Lessons in resilience
We hear a lot about building resilience in children and, to be honest, I’ve come to really dislike the word.
Calling us back to our truth
I often talk about the joy and connection of unschooling, and there are definitely many ways to harness all the good stuff.
Beware the automatic yes and the automatic no
One of my children suggested we go to the beach for a quick dip one evening last week. After many years of being the one doing most of the suggesting when it comes to trips out and little adventures, I love it when one of them has a spontaneous idea.
Don't be scared to unravel, but try to do it gently
It would be completely normal to assume that, in order to step away from mainstream education and parenting norms, we need to be as sorted and steady as possible in our own personal lives.
But how will they cope in the real world?
“But how will they cope in the real world?” I was asked this a couple of weeks ago, not about my own children (what a relief to have older children!), but about self-directed children in generaI.
When your family feels complicated in the summertime
We are having a heatwave right now in the UK and it is inevitably reminding me of all the years that we lived in Spain, (we came back to the UK just over six years ago, when my eldest was 13 and my youngest was seven).
Disobedience, discipline, and other foreign words
I took part yesterday in a debate about parenting.
What do we really mean when we talk about boundaries?
Boundaries.
What do you notice when you really pay attention?
If you’ve ever taken a course in mindfulness, you’re probably familiar with the raisin exercise. It involves slowly and deliberately examining and eating a single raisin, paying close attention to its appearance, texture, smell, taste, and the sensations of chewing and swallowing it.
Finding our way back to connection
I was talking on the phone this week with one of my children.