Cameron Parham

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----- Original Message ----
From: Fetteroll <fetteroll@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 3:24:10 AM
Subject: Re: [unschoolingbasics] question about kids watching the news


On May 15, 2007, at 1:44 AM, Kendrah Nilsestuen wrote:

> I may have looked fine on the outside watching the
> movie but inside my heart was beating fast, my pulse racing. My
> mother was none the wiser to the toll it was taking on me.

The piece of the puzzle that you're missing is that unschooling
parents should be *with* their kids, being aware of what they're
seeing, open to discussing whatever comes up.

We don't necessarily need to sit next to them, but we can be in the
same room with them so we know what's going on in their lives.

That's totally different than conventional parents sending their kids
off to do whatever they want so the parents can do family maintenance
without the kids bothering them.

Joyce



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