Table of Contents
September/October 2010

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Editorial
Relinquishing control.

From Our Readers
Readers share ideas about learning and the magazine.

The Plague of Childhood by David Albert
Reading instruction should be stopped because it's not necessary, and is even detrimental.

Learning on Bikes by Nancy Sathre-Vogel
A family with twelve-year-old twins is biking and learning from Alaska to Argentina

Cooking With What's in the Bag by Carrie Pomeroy
Unschooling as the CSA model of learning, where you use what arrives, rather than choosing a recipe, then buying the food.

Force Fed by Laurette Lynn
The problem with forcing kids to eat or learn.

Power to Control by Wendy Priesnitz
Adultism may be the last bastion of discrimination that our society tolerates.

Ask Naomi by Naomi Aldort
Understanding and repudiating the myth of the rude child.

Taking Possession of Our Lives and Our Learning by Wendy Priesnitz
How to describe a life of living freely...in control of our own doing, being, developing.

Focus on Media
Reviews of books, films, DVDs, websites and other media about alternatives in learning and parenting.