KT

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>"Child led" isn't one of my criteria. Lots of people like to say that, but I
>think it's too one-sided. The questions above are too technical, too
>"measured," too clinical.
>

I've been meaning to say this for a while now, and have never gotten
around to it. (or maybe I have and just don't remember).

Anyway, I agree that 'child-led' is too one-sided, etc. I think
unschooling is more like being in *relationship* with your children, and
being *engaged* with them as much as possible.

If you think in terms of a marriage and before you were married or had
kids, and the two of you were together and being with each other as much
as possible...naturally ideas and commitments and strategies for living
and dreams of the future just grow out of the time you spend together,
and your love for one another and your youthful enthusiasm. So that
when you have a baby, you begin that again with a new person, perhaps
the 3 of you together doing that kind of dreaming and planning and
doing. And you move in and out of each others space as the child grows
and the interactions change and evolve and you separate and come
together, just like when one partner goes off to work or goes fishing or
something. And there's really no subdividing of your relationship or
life, that it all flows together, organically, like a living organism.

This is all rather stream-of-concsiousness, so forgive me if it's hard
to follow.

Tuck

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In a message dated 2/19/02 2:00:12 PM, Tuck@... writes:

<< I think
unschooling is more like being in *relationship* with your children, and
being *engaged* with them as much as possible. >>

I LOVED your whole post, Karen!

Paula