susan

hi,

that's the thing about 'rules' they never work for everyone and that's the
beauty of unschooling, to know your child (as well as yourself) and help
them develop in ways that lead to happiness not rebellion etc. it's nice
to find what works and when you do it is so much fun:)

-susan
austin, tx
'unity through diversity'


D Klement wrote:

> From: D Klement <klement@...>
>
> susan wrote:
> >
> > From: susan <fxfireob@...>
> >
> >
> >
> > Shelley Mansberger wrote:
> >
> > From: "Shelley Mansberger" <serene@...>
> > Just to add to this discussion.....my 13yo son's best
> > friend is only allowed one hour of what his parents deem
> > "screen time". In other words, one hour of either computer,
> > nintendo, TV, or gameboy per day. My son has free access to
> > all of these things. My son's friend NEVER wants to be at
> > home....always wants to come over here....and he marvels at
> > how much "fun" we all seem to have together.
> >
> > hi,
> >
> > we find that if you give free access, be it to tv, sugar, whatever it
> > no longer rules their life and they tend to make better decisions.
> > just a thought
> >
> > -susan
> > austin,tx
> > 'unity through diversity'
>
> Unfortunately that doesn't work with every kid though <sigh>.
> My son is the exception to that rule. I can trust him to govern himself
> with almost everything else in his life except that TV.
> He would literaly sit in front of the TV for hours and we felt strongly
> enough about it that we had to limit his viewing.
> He's a much nicer young man (almost 10)to be around when he lives with
> the limit. When he watched all the time he was snarly and uncooperative
> and unproductive and mean.
> He even admits now that he feels better about life in general when he
> only watches a little TV. He gets a couple of favourite shows daily and
> the rest he discusses with us first before viewing.
>
> Buzz
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> The Klement Family "Education is what survives when
> Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
> Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
> Samantha B.F. Skinner in "New Scientist".
> e-mail- klement@...
> Canadian homeschool page: http:\\www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/
> Ont. Federation of Teaching Parents: http:\\www.flora.org/oftp/
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D Klement

susan wrote:
>
> From: susan <fxfireob@...>
>
>
>
> Shelley Mansberger wrote:
>
> From: "Shelley Mansberger" <serene@...>
> Just to add to this discussion.....my 13yo son's best
> friend is only allowed one hour of what his parents deem
> "screen time". In other words, one hour of either computer,
> nintendo, TV, or gameboy per day. My son has free access to
> all of these things. My son's friend NEVER wants to be at
> home....always wants to come over here....and he marvels at
> how much "fun" we all seem to have together.
>
> hi,
>
> we find that if you give free access, be it to tv, sugar, whatever it
> no longer rules their life and they tend to make better decisions.
> just a thought
>
> -susan
> austin,tx
> 'unity through diversity'

Unfortunately that doesn't work with every kid though <sigh>.
My son is the exception to that rule. I can trust him to govern himself
with almost everything else in his life except that TV.
He would literaly sit in front of the TV for hours and we felt strongly
enough about it that we had to limit his viewing.
He's a much nicer young man (almost 10)to be around when he lives with
the limit. When he watched all the time he was snarly and uncooperative
and unproductive and mean.
He even admits now that he feels better about life in general when he
only watches a little TV. He gets a couple of favourite shows daily and
the rest he discusses with us first before viewing.

Buzz
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Klement Family "Education is what survives when
Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
Samantha B.F. Skinner in "New Scientist".
e-mail- klement@...
Canadian homeschool page: http:\\www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/
Ont. Federation of Teaching Parents: http:\\www.flora.org/oftp/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~