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When asked this question, I usually trot out what I've always thought were
the tried and true answers. Colton can learn better one-on-one with me, I
can shield him from improper influences, etc. But thinking this through a
little more carefully, I realize my reasons go a lot deeper. Here are just a
few of them.

I unschool because I was there when my son first held a butterfly. I
unschool because it given me time to sit with my son, sewing patches on his
Scout uniform, while he works on a Pokemon scrapbook and tells me stories. I
unschool because I introduced Colton to the wonderful book "Charlotte's Web,"
and we both cried when Charlotte died. I unschool because the moment I found
out that my father had to have brain surgery, Colton was there with me and we
could pray together. I unschool because when I battled cancer and
chemotherapy, Colton and I could snuggle together in bed and read living
books, and he would remind me that I had just eleven more treatments to go.
I unschool because I am head-over-heels in love with this tender soul who
came into my life not quite ten years ago, and I don't want to miss a minute
of it.

Blessings,
Carol