Kolleen

>I hope we can support you in whatever ways you need. Being a single
>mother is difficult. If something ever happened where my children
>needed to go to a brick-and-mortar school, I'd use a Sudbury Valley
>one too. And if it helps, I have seen a lot of support for those
>parents who want to unschool and who can't fully because of a spouse's
>objection. Leaving isn't always an option and it isn't always in the
>best interest of the child either. Sometimes it is hard to share
>personal information on lists like this but it does help to understand
>the specifics for each family.
>Cindy Ferguson


HI Cindy, Actually, most of what I talked about was in theory. Then I
spoke of my own personal experience with being a single mom.

I am back in NYC as a family and its most likely a temporary situation. I
don't like the energy of the area as a place to raise a child. And
unschooling is our lifestyle. It always has been since my own childhood.
But I've been on a lot of sides of the coin in my varied history and
somehow this has given me insight to a lot of frames of mind.

No I don't know the past of some of these people, but I do know some of
them that have posted about non-support and then I can see where they are
torn when trying to move forward.

The whole flavour was to have patience for those that need to take two
small steps and then they go three back from internal situations.

This is where the support to eachother does come in.

regards,
kolleen

And personally, I'd choose Sudbury or something similar first,
unschooling at home second. My son is a people person. And the best place
for him is to be around groups of people. I can't give that to him 5 days
a week.