Links
some contain accounts of Dayna Martin's actions in and leading up to the summer of 2013 and some are commentary on the effects


Note from Sandra:
I did not compile all of this list myself. There are projects and people represented here I don't know well, or don't agree with, but I provide this for those who will come later and wonder what happened.

Jennifer Green Blogs 1-9, Watching the Unschooling Pieces Crumble, July 12, 2013
https://unschoolingthegreenfamily.blogspot.com/2013/07/watching-unschooling-pieces-crumble.html

Less direct detail, some reference:

A Blip in the Unschooling World (July 29)

Unpleasant business; sorry, August 2, 2013, SandraDodd.blogspot.com

Krystal wrote...

Facebook, Posting of Blog Post 1 – see comments, July 12
https://www.facebook.com/jennifer.davisgreen/posts/10200283674194869

Amy Milstein, When Trust is Broken, July 17, 2013
http://www.unschoolingnyc.com/2013/07/17/when-trust-is-broken/

In January 2014, Laurette wrote to me and said her life and work had taken a turn. She sent a new link for an apology to me (which I hadn't linked here, but will now): https://laurettelynn.blogspot.com/p/sandra-dodd-apology.html
Laurette Lynn, All I know about RU Drama, July 15, 2013
https://laurettelynn.blogspot.com/2013/07/all-i-know-about-ru-drama.html?m=1 (Laurette pulled it in 2014 (?) and the wayback machine has no saved version.)

Laurette Lynn, Public Allegations, May 5, 2013
https://laurettelynn.blogspot.com/2013/07/public-allegations-draft.html

Laurette Lynn, Unschooler Wifeswap: Response and Concerns, April 13, 2013
http://thelivingfreeproject.com/413-unschooler-wifeswap-response-and-concerns/ (wayback machine version in case the other disappears)

Laurette Lynn, Liberation From the Unschooling Gestapo, April 19, 2013
http://www.unpluggedmom.com/umradio-podcast/liberation-from-the-unschooling-gestapo/

Desiree Alonso, The REAL price of Radical Unschool Gurus, July 16, 2013
http://thelivingfreeproject.com/the-real-price-of-radical-unschool-gurus-a-real-time-story/

Desiree Alonso, Time to Rethink Radical Unschooling, April 9, 2013
http://thelivingfreeproject.com/Time-to-rethink-radical-unschooling/

The Intuitive Parent, No Guru Zone Part 2, July 17, 2013
http://theintuitiveparent.com/1/post/2013/07/the-no-guru-zone-part-deux.html


Unrelated, but same season:
An Open Letter to the Unschooling/RU Community by Laurie A. Couture
http://www.laurieacouture.com/letter-to-ru-community-by-laurie-a-couture/

Older than 2013:

The Intuitive Parent, I am human too, March 24, 2012
http://theintuitiveparent.com/1/post/2012/03/i-am-human-too.html

Kelly Halldorson, The Sparkling Reality of Friendship, January 19, 2011, Password “sadstory” http://kelly.halldorson.com/blog/?page_id=2895

My 2011 comments on Kelly Halldorson's blog post, pulled out and put on my own page in 2013: /dmissue, with some other notes added. The link above is a WayBack Machine link, so doesn't need a password.

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