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…
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Breezy Stevens Enters the Columnist Ring
Our talented graphic artist Breezy Stevens of “EVC in Color” has agreed to contribute a bi-weekly column exploring voluntaryism, radical unschooling, and peaceful parenting. She’ll be exploring everything voluntary. Her inaugural runs this Tuesday under the series title “Living with Wild Abandon.” Skyler.
The Secret Ingredient to a Happy Childhood
Written by Rose Goddess for Rose Goddess Bliss. A couple of months ago we went on our very first road trip with David, our two year old son. It was soooo much fun! While on the road I was able to listen to recordings of Eckhart Tolle and read a couple of books, one of…
Are Children Self-Owners or Slaves?
Children’s “rights”* is a topic of confusion and uncertainty among libertarians. I’d like to solve this once and for all, but not right now. Perhaps someday. Today, I only ask libertarians to consider the logical conclusions of either 1) children owning themselves and therefore possessing all the “rights” associated with ownership or 2) children are…
Qualities That Can’t Be Quantified
Writes Kicking it Unschool: Does unschooling make you uneasy because there is less tangible evidence of learning? Because you can’t keep track of whether your child is “on track” or how they compare to other children their age? You’re not alone… “We are a nation that prefers acting to thinking, and practice to theory; we…
Lamenting a Noble Cause
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. When “The Hobbit” came out in theaters, I decided to read the book instead of seeing the film adaptation.…
Play and (Don’t) Walk Away
Written by Nicole Olson for Unschoolers.org. Back in my mainstream days, I was an avid fan of the nanny shows. There were several on at the time, and they all boasted the same thing – that by using their techniques even the most wild of children could be tamed, that houses filled with chaos and…
When Does Guidance Become Manipulation?
Written by Jan Hunt for The Natural Child Project. Many homeschooling parents have puzzled over the distinction between “guidance” and “manipulation”. As a parent strongly committed to “unschooling” (learner-directed homeschooling) with my son Jason, now 17, I have sometimes wondered if I should encourage certain activities in spite of a lack of interest on his…
Radical Unschooling With Teens
Video by Dayna Martin.
Unschooling in the World: Joyce Fetteroll
An Interview by Sandra Dodd. One of my favorite unschooling analysts is Joyce Fetteroll, of Medfield, Massachusetts. Joyce has been writing about unschooling since 1995, when her daughter, Kathryn, was four. Joyce has an engineering degree and worked for a while as a software engineer and technical writer for a communications company. Her husband, Carl,…