Re: I think I need to clarify on the foods. ~smiling~
plaidpanties666
--- In [email protected], "earthmothergypsy" <earthmothergypsy@...> wrote:
When talking about families, its easy to drift into "we" mode as if the group of individuals were a homogeneity. That's confusing when talking about something like radical unschooling where individual differences matter.
There are some families where, in terms of food, "we" is easier - some families seem to be more compatible in terms of dietary needs than others. Its important to recognize that there are other families where there's no "we" where diet is concerned.
My kids, for instance, have vastly different diets. Currently they reflect the differences between a young man who has always been easy going where food is concerned, and a young girl who has a veeeeeerrrry conservative diet and very small apetite! Its challenging to meet the dietary needs and wants and wishes of all of my family members on a slim budget, it takes some creativity, but its doable.
---Meredith (Mo 8, Ray 16)
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> We eat as healthy a diet of foods as we can. Natural Traditional Diet is the closest I can "label" it. www.westonaprice.org is a site that talks about a lot of this, but again, we don't follow any one way--we follow what "feels" right to our family and what feels right to our bodies.
When talking about families, its easy to drift into "we" mode as if the group of individuals were a homogeneity. That's confusing when talking about something like radical unschooling where individual differences matter.
There are some families where, in terms of food, "we" is easier - some families seem to be more compatible in terms of dietary needs than others. Its important to recognize that there are other families where there's no "we" where diet is concerned.
My kids, for instance, have vastly different diets. Currently they reflect the differences between a young man who has always been easy going where food is concerned, and a young girl who has a veeeeeerrrry conservative diet and very small apetite! Its challenging to meet the dietary needs and wants and wishes of all of my family members on a slim budget, it takes some creativity, but its doable.
>>I have offended in any way, I am sorry.I don't think anyone has been offended. The main issue is that you've presented a lot of "we" decisions that include your kids, without talking about how that happens, How the natural interests and curiosity of children to try what they see - on tv, at others homes, in grocery stores - play out amidst that "we". No-one is necessarily challenging your parenting, but its not in the least bit clear how it relates to radical unschooling, and radical unschooling is what this list is about.
---Meredith (Mo 8, Ray 16)