Johanna SanInocencio

Try having a dog giving puppies in your house. This has been way more
interesting to the children than TV. Nikki had 9 puppies on Friday. One died
Sunday afternoon. The other eight are doing wonderfully. any one need a
puppy?
Johanna
Life is the ultimate learning experience!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pam Hartley" <pamhartley@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 10:15 AM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re: The TV Issue


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> >From: [email protected]
> >To: [email protected]
> >Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Digest Number 1444
> >Date: Mon, Sep 10, 2001, 1:49 AM
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> > I don't really agree with some of your feelings that a
> > unschooling moms role is to constantly involve her children in
> > countless excursions and fun activities. Children need to be left
> > alone as well. They need to use their own abilities to entertain
> > themselves. Distractions and entertainment come in many forms. While
> > a mother who keeps her kids busy with activity is using a more
> > sensory approach then TV or video games it is ultimately steering
> > children in the mothers chosen direction. I am definitely not saying
> > that you should sit around the house all day but I also don't think
> > that running all over the place trying to keep kids "busy" is the
> > answer. There are a LOT of homeschooling/unschooling moms who do
> > this and I just don't agree...
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>
> Tara, I completely agree with you (and I'll wager most unschoolers here
do,
> too).
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> My posts on activities may have been confusing -- I was trying to get
across
> that if there is consistently nothing more interesting than TV (and TV is
> pretty interesting to most humans) that that is what a child will do. I
> didn't mean for everyone to be constantly on the move. :)
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> Boredom is, IMHO, a vital part of unschooling. From boredom comes the
> motivation to do amazing things.
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> Pam
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