Ulrike Haupt

Hi Deb

I loved your post.

Espcially:

We can't know what our kids will love in ten years or twenty. We can't know
what life will bring them. We *can* help them explore as many things as
possible in positive and enriching ways so they have a big, happy map of
life they can revisit and retrace anytime and in any way they want.

and

And he's trying to come up with a reason to skip his cousins wedding next
month. <g> He is what people like to call these days a radical unschooler.
He grew up without bedtimes, without food restrictions, without TV or video
game limits, without curriculum, without chores. He is responsible,
realistic, mature, calm, thoughtful, philosophical and sometimes cynical and
critical He's also young, idealistic, hopeful, funny, insightful and
brilliant. Just exactly himself. <g>

My dearest youngest is most of the above, too - being unschooled for many
yers now. I love the way it is unfolding for all of us, including the
hick-ups.

Blissings
Ulrike
PS Alex was invited for the second time to the band practice at his friend's
school tomorrow. Yahoo!
And he makes the most incredible Brownies!

diana jenner

I thought it was timely to find this quote on an unschooler's blog today:

"'Always' is never true; reality isn't a vast, fixed scheme trapping you
without choice. At any moment you have the choice to break out of what is
really trapping you--your automatic reactions dredged up from the past."

*- Deepak Chopra*

Thanks Kelli ;) her blog is here: ourjoyfullife.blogspot.com
and her Abbi happens to play the piano by *magic* <vbg>
I did a search for Abbi Piano and got this list of 8 blog posts:
http://ourjoyfullife.blogspot.com/search?q=abbi+piano

Who has the ARGH pictures up of Cameron and Amy Steinberg?? Another amazing
example of musical freedom ;)
~diana :)
xoxoxoxo
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