Pat Cald...

Sarah, that is funny you should tell me to think outside the box. We joke about that at our house. My 12 yo dd and dh are true outside the box thinkers. My dd some times is way out there :-) I am so inside the box it makes me mad. Here is an embarrassing example: I wanted to write better thank you notes so I had to go and get a book on it. I always have to follow instructions or see an example first. No free thinking here! Maybe I'll get better at it the longer we unschool. Hope so.

Pat
----- Original Message -----
From: Sarah Carothers
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 10:34 PM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re: [a moment's peace


Hello again Pat,
Think of it like a commune. Everybody has freedoms but you also have to
respect your fellow munies :-) (is that a word?) If you are used to the
kids being in bed at, say 10, then what you do now is tell them that they do
not have to adhere to a certain bedtime *but* they still have to respect
your privacy and your need for quiet time. This has nothing to do with
unschooling.. it has to do with them learning how to live under the same
roof with others.
If it's quiet time you need, tell the kids that at 10:00, you plan on blah
blah blahing (reading?) and they are free to do something quietly in their
rooms or in the basement. If they choose not to, then *you* might just have
to choose to get up at 6a.m, playing that army wake-up call <g> and show
them what disrespect for others' needs feels like. I mean, tell them once
what is expected of them. If they don't do whatever it is, don't nag.. just
show them how it feels if the shoe were on the other foot.

You're coming along great, Pat. Just think outside the box ;-)!

Sarah Carothers
~oo~
puddles@...
After giving my children the freedom to decide their own bedtime a few days
ago, I am beginning to miss my few hours of quiet time. This is very hard.
How does everyone else get a moments piece?

Pat

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