Anne Ohman and Anna Brown, both veteran unschooling parents, join me to answer listener questions.

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Quote of the Week

“I’m talking about living a life that is driven more strongly by curiosity than by fear.” ~ Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

Questions

1. How do people successfully unschool older kids when there are babies/toddlers in the house that restrict the opportunities for the older one? For instance, I can hardly read to my 5yo because my 2yo constantly interferes.

2. This question is similar in that it deals with multiple children, but it’s a bit different perspective: how does unschooling work with three young children?

3. I feel so much pressure and guilt knowing that family and friends would not understanding unschooling, so I hide it by saying we homeschool when I’m asked. Is that ok? I feel so guilty, and then that guilt turns into doubting whether I’m doing the right thing, yet deep inside I know I am. How do I deal with this constant back and forth internal struggle?

4. I’d love to hear about games that have provided family fun. Any kind of game: board games, computer games, waiting games, word games etc.

Links to things mentioned in the show

For the Love of Learning show, episode #47: Attachment Parenting

Anne’s Shine with Unschooling group: there’s the yahoo email list and the Facebook page.

Anna’s website: choosingconnection.com

My recent blog post about games: Fun and Games in Our Unschooling Lives

How to play the Contact word game.

Episode Transcript

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