Karen James to her son Ethan: I'm going to the store. Do you want anything special?
Ethan, after a pause: Yeah. Lettuce.
Karen: Lettuce?
Ethan: Yeah, lettuce...and other good snack food like that.
Karen: Okay.
It was the issue of food that provided the epiphany for me to "get"
what unschooling is about. When I realized that there are foods out
there that make me gag, and I wouldn't want to have to finish them (or
even put a bite in my mouth) the light dawned. Why do it to kids, if
there's something that I refuse to eat? —Heidi C.
The image is "The Virgin of the Grapes," by Pierre Mignard,
1640s. It's in the Louvre in Paris if you want to see it in person.
The other grapes (if you're seeing the background) are from http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Bistro/7142/grapes.html