Editor’s Pick. Written by Kelly Bartlett. There is frequent roughhousing around here. Not involving me… it’s not really my cup of tea… but my husband and our kids. John is rarely averse to having a good tumble on the floor with kids tackling him from all sides, rolling over and over each other, fits of…
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Beyond Attachment to Parents: Children Need Community
Editor’s Pick. Written by Peter Gray. I’m all for natural parenting. The basic premise of such parenting, at least as I view it, is that you trust your children’s instincts and judgments. For example, you recognize that a baby who is crying is a baby who needs something, and you try to figure out what…
The Universal Social Problem
Send him mail. “Insight for the Young and Unrestrained” is an original weekly column appearing every Thursday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Gregory V. Diehl. Gregory is a writer, musician, educator, and coach for young people at EnabledYouth.com. Archived columns can be found here. IYU-only RSS feed available here. There is a social problem which affects every…
Help Your Child Develop Self Control
Editor’s Pick. Written by Laura Markham. We can think of self-discipline as the ability to manage ourselves to reach our goals. In Walter Mischel’s Marshmallow experiments, he tests how long a child can resist eating a treat, if it means she will then get two treats that she really wants. In other words, does the…
My Shifting Vistas
Send him mail. “One Improved Unit” is an original bi-weekly column appearing every other Monday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by the founder and editor Skyler J. Collins. Archived columns can be found here. OIU-only RSS feed available here. One’s worldview as it concerns the political landscape shapes one’s angle of skepticism. Claims by governments and political leaders…
The Incredible Power of the Whisper
Editor’s Pick. Written by L. R. Knost. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a whisper is worth two thousand when it comes to parenting. In the same way that the instinctive human reaction to someone raising their voice is to raise our voice one octave higher, to out-shout the shouter, to over-power…
Unschooling Isn’t All About the Kids
Send her mail. “Living with Wild Abandon” is an original bi-weekly column appearing every other Tuesday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Breezy V. Stevens. Breezy is a long-time radical unschooler, an advocate for children’s rights, a crazy dog lady, a crafter in various mediums, a lover of all things tropical and beachy, and the designer of “EVC…
How to be a Good Parent
Editor’s Pick. Written by Jennifer Andersen. Parenting is hard! Many of us want a quick and easy solution to ensure that our children have the best life possible. We wonder how to be a good parent. Here are some useful ideas. Read the full thing at OurMuddyBoots.com »
What do Kids Really Want? Kindness from Parents
Editor’s Pick. Written by Shawn Smythe. If I may speak for some of the children I’ve come to know, we can skip the video games, scooters and skateboards. The gift most children really want is parents who treat them with kindness and respect. Congruously, parents say they want the same from their kids. What most…
On the Road to a Right Education
Send him mail. “Insight for the Young and Unrestrained” is an original weekly column appearing every Thursday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Gregory V. Diehl. Gregory is a writer, musician, educator, and coach for young people at EnabledYouth.com. Archived columns can be found here. IYU-only RSS feed available here. (Editor’s note: Originally written in September 2011.) We…