vivrh

Valerie
I am also a Christian and have been out the public school system for almost 2 years. My oldest is 8 and he went for k and 1. My daughter went for 1 month of k before they were both pulled. Our Christ centered life is a HUGE part of how we unschool and even why we unschool. I think the Bible does teach us that we are to learn from life as we go through it.
I just thought I would speak up and let you know that there are Christians on this list. :-)

God bless
Vivian
Mom to three Happy little Monkeys
Austin 10/31/93 Sarah 8/28/95 Emmalee 8/15/00
And loving wife to Randy

**If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
-Anatole France***


----- Original Message -----
From: Valerie Cifuentes
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 8:29 AM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Intro: Hey BRIDGET


>>>>>If mom is always saying "this looks fun, wanna go?"
there is a chance that the kidlet will think she wants him to go and
do it for that reason. And guarding against that can be very
difficult with some kids.<<<<<<<<

My children have NO problem telling me they don't think something is a
good idea! LOL!
We have that kind of relationship. We live together and we KNOW each
other well.
But I do think parents have the right to introduce their ideas to their
children. That's what wonderful and unique about FAMILY. We, as parents,
impart things to our children that we hold dear or important. The child
will, of course, agree or disagree as an individual regardless of my
passion for whatever I'm imparting. Usually my children have a "prove it
to me, show me that it's true and that it makes sense." Then the burden
lies on me to produce that evidence. I think that is a good skill for my
kids and for me to have. I didn't have the skill of proving anything
prior to having my children! LOL! They have been a huge learning
experience for me too.
We are Christians, I impart to and teach my children our faith. I use
the Bible (a curriculum in a sense.)As a Christian I do not feel it's
wise to allow my children to just "explore" the world without the
knowledge of God.
For instance, biology, my children have learned that God is the
"intelligence" that put it all together. I handed them what I believe
and I found ways to "prove it" to them.

Please, let's not turn this into a religious debate. :o)I have a feeling
some here my jump on this. The above is the first example that came to
my mind of using my parental influence in my child's "education."

Thanks for letting me share.

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-----Original Message-----
From: rumpleteasermom [mailto:rumpleteasermom@...]
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 11:13 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re: Intro

I am of two mind on this one. I know one family where one of the kids
LOVES workbooks and does thme all the time and asks for more. So yes,
workbooks can be unschooling.

But I also think that parents can have influence they don't understand
or even see. They may be subtly promoting something so the kids does
it because his perception is that it will please his parent. This can
be workbooks, but it can also happen with all the other things we've
talked about. If mom is always saying "this looks fun, wanna go?"
there is a chance that the kidlet will think she wants him to go and
do it for that reason. And guarding against that can be very
difficult with some kids.

Bridget


--- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., "Lisa Breger" <lisa@b...> wrote:
>
> Why isn't it unschooling if you set up an activity from one of these
books,
> but the kids are free to take it or leave it? How is it different
from
> having a fun computer math game available, such as Sandra mentioned
she
> played with Holly?
>
> I understand that even presenting children with certain "academic"
> activities can imply the parent feels they are necessary in an
educational
> sense, but if the child can say "no thank you" isn't it worthwhile
to offer,
> just for fun? When I say this I mean "offer" once in a while, as it
comes
> up or when I think it might be fun or fit in with something else
that
> happened recently. I do not mena "planning a curriculum" and then
offering
> it to the kids with the hopes they will finish it.
>
> Lisa





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