The Editor's Journal - Adult Chauvinism Makes No Sense by Wendy
Priesnitz - The contrast between the respect we have for the autonomy of
adult learners and the way we treat younger learners is striking...and a bit
puzzling.
Choosing to Participate by Rachel Johnson - It is OK to start
something, have a taste of it, decide it's not for you, and choose not to
continue.
Blooming
Beauties by Aline Shaw - Home-educated children show the beauty and
natural strength of the wildflowers that thrive when we stop mowing and spraying
the lawn.
Seeking Peace by
Suzanne Malakoff - Mom's temporary "burn-out" leads to finding
quiet family time that allows for relaxation and sharing of curiosity about the
world around us.
Restructuring
Education by Roland Meighan - Bertrand Russell observed in 1935 that
"We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of
the chief obstacles to intelligence and freedom of thought." Here's how to
change that.
Rules vs. Principles
by Danielle Conger - Freedom has both natural and ethical limits. The key
is to find those limits rather than to impose arbitrary or coercive ones in
their stead.
Slow to Get Ready to
Go by Naomi Aldort - What happens when your child gets too busy with
something more immediately important to him/her than the outing he/she wanted.
Only Winners by
Jan Fortune-Wood - Autonomous home educators can replace the
someone-has-to-lose mentality with a win-win optimism that children can learn
what they want without competing with others.
Grown Without
Schooling by Peter Kowalke - A column by a grown unschooler who
interviews other adult unschoolers about what they are doing and thinking now.
The Learning Power
of Laughter by Wendy Priesnitz - A giggling child is not just having
fun.
