Nance Confer

unschoolingbasicsYesterday we went to the new cupcake shop in town. Almost all they sell are really beautiful and delicious cupcakes.

DD's comment?

"Wow, they were really having fun."

Me: "Who?"

"The cupcakers. What a fun job!"

Now, DD's not the gamer in the family and DD's not learning to be a baker but what she was focusing on was the fun these two people were having running their little shop. Baking and chatting and making the previously dingy sub shop a pretty place, etc. We all know there's a lot of business knowledge behind all the pretty but there was also a lot of joy just bubbling out of these people.

DD doesn't need to be forced to take a baking class or told not to join her brother for the gaming she does do to know that that's how she'd like to be when she has a job some day.

We can't control how the kids learn these things. We can't guide or drive them onto a career path we want -- we could try but they can skip off the path pretty darned easily. We can't control, in the end. That's important -- and freeing -- to remember. We can provide (time, lots of time, opportunities to explore), encourage, set examples, etc. But we can't control the outcome.

Nance


The best kind of living and learning and making
an income is through play.


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