Editor’s Pick. Written by Lisa. Education is liberation, inspiration, self-realization and self-actualization.School is indoctrination, automation, dictation and regurgitation. Education is self awareness, not test preparedness.Independence, not checking attendance. Facilitation of creation.Not coercion and assertion. Schools teach rules to make tools. (It is a factory of fools.) Life’s teachers encourage grit, not ask you to submit.…
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How to Teach Your Child To Do What’s Right
Editor’s Pick. Written by Laura Markham. Kids need our hugs, but that’s not what teaches them to do right. How do kids learn? Our modeling. When we take responsibility, when we apologize, when we regulate our own emotions so we aren’t yelling at them, children learn to take responsibility, to apologize, to regulate their own…
When Does Discipline Begin?
Editor’s Pick. Written by Kelly Bartlett. Parents often ask, “When should I start disciplining my child? At what age is it appropriate?” It is a common question of when it’s time to transition from the nurturing parenting of babyhood to using more of the “discipline” tools of toddlerhood and beyond. To answer this, we first…
The Market is a Beautiful Thing
Market advocates tend to respect the intellect of their fellow human beings. You can tell by their reliance on philosophical, moral, economic, and historical arguments when trying to persuade others. But what if most people’s aversion to the market isn’t founded in philosophy, morality, economics, or history? What if their objection is aesthetic?
Educators in a New Era
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. The accumulated wisdom of mankind has been kept…
Nurturing Peacefulness
Editor’s Pick. Written by Kerry Spina. Just the word ‘stress’ can make our heart pound, thoughts run wild and body react. Peacefulness is a virtue that can bring the opposite reaction to stress. Balance is restored and nurtured with peacefulness. Peacefulness gives us permission to rest and care for ourselves. It fosters harmonious and respectful…
The Meanings of Words
Send him mail. “One Voluntaryist’s Perspective” 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. OVP-only RSS feed available here. There are words that have one meaning, and then there are words that have many meanings. When it comes…
Your Pain Isn’t Special
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. Whenever the occasional local massacre or tragedy occurs,…
The Golden Age of America is Now
Editor’s Pick. Written by Stephan Kinsella. Too many libertarians, especially of the “sky is falling” crowd (the ones who have been predicting major societal collapse for 40 years), are sure we are in End Times. Some previous age was America’s apex, from which we’ve long been in rapid decline. America has gone from being a…
No Matter What You Hear About it, Unschooling is Not All Unicorns and Rainbows
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…