swissarmy_wife

I'm looking for resources for my 9 year old boy in the war in Iraq.
Can anyone here help? His uncle (my brother) left for Iraq a couple
days ago and is now in Kuwait waiting to go to Iraq. He has been
having LOTS of questions! While I can help him understand his uncle's
specific job better, I'd like to find some balanced information for
him about the war.

I know there are some military families here, so any info would be
great! Thanks!

Heather

Karen Swanay

What are you actually looking for? Someone who has been there to
asnwer questions? Or more like a news report? I'm not sure what you
want.

Karen *my husband has been to Baghdad and worked in one of Saddam's palaces

On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 7:17 AM, swissarmy_wife <heatherbean@...> wrote:
> I'm looking for resources for my 9 year old boy in the war in Iraq.
> Can anyone here help? His uncle (my brother) left for Iraq a couple
> days ago and is now in Kuwait waiting to go to Iraq. He has been
> having LOTS of questions! While I can help him understand his uncle's
> specific job better, I'd like to find some balanced information for
> him about the war.
>
> I know there are some military families here, so any info would be
> great! Thanks!
>
> Heather

swissarmy_wife

Resources: Websites, articles geared towards the younger generation
(as the adult articles lose him with terminology) books, anything to
help him understand the "why's".

I can explain his uncle's specific job within the Army and where and
what he is actually doing there. That's the easy part. It's
explaining the concept of war and mid-east relations to him that's the
hard part! But he's definitely asking.


--- In [email protected], "Karen Swanay"
<luvbullbreeds@...> wrote:
>
> What are you actually looking for? Someone who has been there to
> asnwer questions? Or more like a news report? I'm not sure what you
> want.
>
> Karen *my husband has been to Baghdad and worked in one of Saddam's
palaces

Julie Dutt

Coming out of lurkdom with a question...I have a friend who is
interested in having a better understanding of the whole unschool
philosophy...not just regarding education but about the parenting
style. If you could recommend one book that gives a general overall
understanding, what book would that be?

Thanks :)

julie

Kim Musolff

The Unschooling Handbook

The author escapes me right now, but I'm sure if you look it up, you'll find
it.

Kim

On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 8:06 AM, Julie Dutt <jdutt@...> wrote:

> Coming out of lurkdom with a question...I have a friend who is
> interested in having a better understanding of the whole unschool
> philosophy...not just regarding education but about the parenting
> style. If you could recommend one book that gives a general overall
> understanding, what book would that be?
>
> Thanks :)
>
> julie
>
>
>


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Karen Swanay

hardly balanced...calling us the bad guys...no matter what you
*personally* feel about the war, it's unacceptible IMO to tell a child
their father, or uncle is the bad guy for doing his duty and
protecting innocents.

Karen

keetry

--- In [email protected], "swissarmy_wife"
<heatherbean@...> wrote:
>
> Resources: Websites, articles geared towards the younger generation
> (as the adult articles lose him with terminology) books, anything
to
> help him understand the "why's".
>
> I can explain his uncle's specific job within the Army and where
and
> what he is actually doing there. That's the easy part. It's
> explaining the concept of war and mid-east relations to him that's
the
> hard part! But he's definitely asking.


Do you have a VFW in your area? It might be interesting for him to
talk with/interview some of the people who've been there, especially
to get a different perspective from what the news media puts out. My
husband came back from Fallujah with a very different perspective of
the situation and people than what I had heard on the news. It's
kind of hard to get "balanced" information from any one source so
getting information from several different sources is important, imo.

Alysia

Ren Allen

--- In [email protected], "Kim Musolff" <kmoose75@...>
wrote:
>
> The Unschooling Handbook
>


It's by Mary Griffith.

I think Rue's book is exceptionally wonderful..."Parenting a Free
Child". http://www.freechild.info/

Ren
learninginfreedom.com

Kim Musolff

***The Unschooling Handbook
>

It's by Mary Griffith.

I think Rue's book is exceptionally wonderful..."Parenting a Free
Child". http://www.freechild.info/***

Yes! That was a good one, too. They were the first 2 books I read on
unschooling, and the 2 books that got me hooked!
Kim


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Lesley Cross

The Unschooling Handbook is more about academic unschooling (for lack of a
better term- I tend to think of this more as unstructured eclectic
homeschooling). Parenting a Free Child is much more about whole life
unschooling- living in freedom and respect. Both I think would be excellent
for someone new to the ideas.



Lesley

In SC w. Logan (ds13), Ayden (dd8) and Alethia (dd4)



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wilda lahmann

Also The Teenage Liberation Handbook by Grace Lewellyn....As a parent, I really enjoyed this book!

Lesley Cross <lcross@...> wrote: The Unschooling Handbook is more about academic unschooling (for lack of a
better term- I tend to think of this more as unstructured eclectic
homeschooling). Parenting a Free Child is much more about whole life
unschooling- living in freedom and respect. Both I think would be excellent
for someone new to the ideas.

Lesley

In SC w. Logan (ds13), Ayden (dd8) and Alethia (dd4)

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CPC2 CPC2

Parenting A Free Child by Rue Kream has become my unschooling bible. I
highly recommend it!

On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Lesley Cross <lcross@...> wrote:

> The Unschooling Handbook is more about academic unschooling (for lack of
> a
> better term- I tend to think of this more as unstructured eclectic
> homeschooling). Parenting a Free Child is much more about whole life
> unschooling- living in freedom and respect. Both I think would be excellent
> for someone new to the ideas.
>
> Lesley
>
> In SC w. Logan (ds13), Ayden (dd8) and Alethia (dd4)
>
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>
>
>



--
Marie


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[email protected]

-----Original Message-----
From: Julie Dutt <jdutt@...>

Coming out of lurkdom with a question...I have a friend who is
interested in having a better understanding of the whole unschool
philosophy...not just regarding education but about the parenting
style. If you could recommend one book that gives a general overall
understanding, what book would that be?

-=-=-=-=-

Without a doubt: Rue Kream's Parenting a Free Child, An Unschooled Life

Available DI-rect form the cute-butted author here: www.freechild.info

For a MERE $14. And worth its weight in gold!



~Kelly

Kelly Lovejoy
Conference Coordinator
Live and Learn Unschooling Conference
http://www.LiveandLearnConference.org

Julie Dutt

thanks everyone for the suggestions :) julie

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> -=-=-=-=-
>
> Without a doubt: Rue Kream's Parenting a Free Child, An Unschooled
> Life
>
> Available DI-rect form the cute-butted author here: www.freechild.info
>
> For a MERE $14. And worth its weight in gold!
>
> ~Kelly
>
> Kelly Lovejoy

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Janet Gerla

We've been unschooling for 24 years. Kids age 27 down to 10. My dh
teaches geology at the local university and we have read nearly every
book out there on unschooling. He also is fighting tooth and nail the
new "assessment" procedures at the University - they want to assess
everything - grades (which are bad enough in his estimation) - are no
longer good enough. He is incredibly tired of kids coming into his
graduate classes and saying "What do I have to do to get an A?? I
don't want to have to THINK - just tell me what to do!" His favorite
book is Rue's book hands down. I just bought it a month ago! It's great.

Janet in MN

At 12:29 AM 5/16/2008, you wrote:

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Julie Dutt <<mailto:jdutt%40twcny.rr.com>jdutt@...>
>
>Coming out of lurkdom with a question...I have a friend who is
>interested in having a better understanding of the whole unschool
>philosophy...not just regarding education but about the parenting
>style. If you could recommend one book that gives a general overall
>understanding, what book would that be?
>
>-=-=-=-=-
>
>Without a doubt: Rue Kream's Parenting a Free Child, An Unschooled Life
>
>Available DI-rect form the cute-butted author here: www.freechild.info
>
>For a MERE $14. And worth its weight in gold!
>
>~Kelly
>
>Kelly Lovejoy
>Conference Coordinator
>Live and Learn Unschooling Conference
><http://www.LiveandLearnConference.org>http://www.LiveandLearnConference.org

Beth Fleming

 
I really like The Unrpocessed Child:  Living Without School, too, by Valerie Fitzenreiter
You can order it here  http://www.ubpub.com/unprocessedchild.html%c2%a0 (Valerie has also been on some NPR radio programs, but I'm not sure how to download them....)
Beth


----- Original Message ----
From: Julie Dutt <jdutt@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 7:17:24 AM
Subject: Re: [unschoolingbasics] best book re unschooling


thanks everyone for the suggestions :) julie

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> -=-=-=-=-
>
> Without a doubt: Rue Kream's Parenting a Free Child, An Unschooled
> Life
>
> Available DI-rect form the cute-butted author here: www.freechild. info
>
> For a MERE $14. And worth its weight in gold!
>
> ~Kelly
>
> Kelly Lovejoy

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