Brian & Alexandra Polikowsky

Hey we are here just outside of Rochester.
I also live out in the country and love it.
There is one unschooler in my area. The ohter moved to the cities and has a group that meets every week there. ( I miss her so much!_)
If your ever down here let me know and we will get together.
We have a little hoeschooling group that gets together every week and is open to any one.
It does help!
Alex


----- Original Message -----
From: fullmoonfarm_mn
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 8:50 PM
Subject: [unschoolingbasics] Re: New ideas for dealing with control orientedfriends


Thanks for your advice, I will "let it flow". And you're right...
I have totally forgotten about the cool non-parent types that we do
know.

I live in central Minnesota, about two hours north of the Twin
Cities, and an hour from the northwestern suburbs. I've gotten
together with other unschoolers from far away a couple of times, and
have driven to the cities for Theatrix (a theater group that some
unschoolers we met are part of), but we do like our country life.

I also read the unschoolingmn list, and have my own group seeking
out other secular homeschoolers in the Mille Lacs Lake area that we
live in. I now know two hsers in the area, and it took a while to
find each other! We keep plugging away, though.

I suppose we'll just have to travel more, and turn the other cheek
with the stuff said.

Thanks again,
Dawn O.

--- In [email protected], "Ren Allen"
<starsuncloud@...> wrote:
>
> "My concern is that our culture is so control-oriented that my
> friends' approach to raising their kids is accepted unquestioningly
> by others and supported by everyone they know (so it must be
> right?), so they continue it and expect me to practice it."
>
> Our culture is very control-oriented towards children.
> RU is SO counter-culture that way!:)
>
> But when I see the stress in most families, the situations they
> constantly deal with that I DON'T, I'm so relieved that we chose
> freedom over control.
>
> You can't help the judgement that may come your way. You can plant
> seeds, but some of those friends may naturally fall away because of
> the rift in parenting styles. Just let it flow.
>
> Where do you live? Surely there are some other RU families or at
least
> parents that are more respectful and gentle with their kids? I've
> found that our best friends were those that were nice to kids
(some of
> them without children of their own even). All the other stuff like
> schooling, religion etc... didn't matter nearly as much as the
culture
> of kindness in the family.
>
> Ren
> learninginfreedom.com
>





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