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Shannon,

You know how at Unschooling-101, we've discussed that there are different
levels of unschooling? And that there have been different lists set up for the
different levels? Total beginners (-101), those that "get it" a little better
and maybe even "got it" (UnschoolingDiscussion), and those that truly
understand it to the core of their being?

This here's the graduate level----think of AlwaysLearning as a Master's
e-list! <g>

Believing that a child can't make decisions on what's internally
difficult---like censoring movies, limiting food, and, of course, forcing learning----will
be even harder for those on THIS list!

Many here are NOT on -101, so they haven't seen you struggling with the
challenging going on there. Please don't be surprised at the responses you get here!

Just my subtle warning!

~Kelly





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In a message dated 1/19/2004 1:51:25 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
Jane,
This is just my opinion, and I do not expect people to change their minds to
my way of thinking. But since you asked;)

I do censor what my children read, to an extent. Here is why. I do this for
the same reasons that I censor what they watch. I do not allow them to watch
movies where people are having sex, or running around naked.
My daughters are 11 and 14.
I watched Matrix Reloaded, which they wanted to see. There was one scene
Where Keanu and the woman were having sex. They can't watch it. I just think
that
(my opinion only) those types of things are inappropriate for my daughters. I
love horror movies. They are my favorite, but I will not allow them to watch
most of them because of the sex. The same thing goes for books.
My favorite books are by Stephen King and Anne Rice. There are sex "scenes"
in books as well. Romance novels (like from Harlequin) have parts that are
pretty much porn. They do not need that kind of information at their ages, in
my
opinion.

I do not just say "NO!" I read the entire book, or watch the entire movie,
first. Then I make an informed decision.

At their ages, I no longer worry about the violence in movies. They have been
raised away from such stuff as much as possible, so that is not a factor for
my daughters. They know it isn't real, they know it isn't okay, they can
watch
it. So far, there have only been two movies, without sex, that I have not let
them watch, and both had explicit pictures of murdered children that I found
very disturbing. One was a Jack Nicholson movie, and the other was a
documentary (2 part), Paradise lost, about a true case.

My sister, though, puts no such limits on my nephew (9 years) about even
violence, and he has watched Matrix Reloaded. So every parent is different I
guess.

Hope this helps,
Shannon


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