Johanna

Thank you so much for your replies!

It would be so wonderful if we got just a few more. Please please
consider dropping us a few lines on how you manage to reconcile
finances/your job with unschooling (because of time or finances).

The answers will be translated into German and printed in the German
magazine "unerzogen", which is about unschooling, democratic education
and respectful parenting. Please not that I will NOT change your
quotes (maybe I'll have to
shorten them, then I'll ask for your permission). I'm fully supportive
of unschooling and promise not to twist any answers as to depict
unschooling as "weird" or "bad" or anything. So far, we have printed
articles/interviews from: Joyce Fetteroll, Kelly Lovejoy and Sandra
Dodd.

Below you'll find more details! Please consider copying this message
to your favourite unschooling forums or mailinglists.

Greetings
Johanna


*more information*

Hello,

I'm looking for answers from different unschoolers to the following
question/s:

"How do/did you reconcile working life/your job with unschooling your
kids?" / "How do you manage to unschool and your job (as a family)?"
and "Can you give beginning Unschoolers an advice on how to approach
this issue?"

I need short precise answers that I can quote in our German magazine,
following an article about managing to unschool while still working/
how to change things so you can unschool etc. What do unschoolers do
to have enough time to unschool and still finance their life? Did you
change or quit your job? do you get help? what about your partner?

If you are willing to give me quotable answers, please write to me to
dialog @ unerzogen . de

Thanks for your support! Unschooling (homeschooling even) is illegal
in Germany. Please help us contribute to inform people about
unschooling ideas by sending me answers that I can use :-)

Thanks in advance!

In case my questions are not clear, here are possible answers, so you
can see what I'm looking for:

"I quit my job and my husband works. We've cut back and live in a
smaller flat so we can finance unschooling".
"We both work and do this in different shifts so that most of the time
someone is at home with the kids"
"We have a problem and have not come up with a solution yet, but we're
working on it"
"We have an network of unschooling friends and try to help each other
out"
...

Of course, I'm not looking for people who fit my answers -- these were
rather jus examples. I'm looking for real solutions that you've come
up with. Or maybe even different ways to approach this "problem" (like
not seeing it as a problem?..) The answers should not be too long, so
I can quote many different unschoolers on one page.