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In a message dated 6/29/05 6:35:43 PM, aisliin@... writes:


> > But it IS a very schoolish thing, and if you didn't want him to do
> >it, not mentioning it would've been the way to go.
> > Sandra
>
>
> Then I would have felt I was manipulating his choices by not
> presenting to him any options that 'I' thought too schooly.  I tell
> the boys about all kinds of things which they show interest in or
> not.  Do you limit what you tell your kids about by what you want them
> to do, or let them look at all the options or information and make
> their own choices?
>

There are millions of things in the world and I don't tell my kids about all
of them. That is not the same as not letting them look at "all the options."


If a parent asks whether a child wants to go to school or stay home, is the
parent obligated to describe every possible school, affordable or not, near or
not?

If you didn't think the program was a good match for unschooling or the
child, then describing and explaining until he could understand even though he
didn't understand it goes beyond telling him about it, I think. It sounded like
pressure to participate, from your description, and it seemed you were
frustrated, and he was frustrated, so that's why I pointed out that not mentioning it
might've been a good option.

Sandra


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