Table of Contents
March/April 2011

Editorial
Assumptions.

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

Worst Case Scenario by Angela Doll Carlson
What if the kids had to go to school?

The Guilty Unschooler by Jerritt Dayhoff
How to stop blaming ourselves when we think things are “going wrong” in our life learning family.

The Real Costs of Parental Pressure by Lyla Wolfenstein
Having the freedom to dabble in a subject or experience, to dig deep, and to quit.

I Want to Be With My Children by Heidi Haghighi
The challenges and joys of living and learning in your community with a child at your side everyday.

Child Labor or Life Learning? by Wendy Priesnitz
Why our children should be able to choose to work for money.

Children and Work by Laura Schuerwegen
A developing world perspective on children at work.

Ask Naomi by Naomi Aldort
Tiger Mother - Sheep Child: A fresh response to the now infamous "Chinese mothering" control and manipulation techniques of author Amy Chua.

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

The Back Page by Wendy Priesnitz
The perils of defining and measuring succcess for other people.

The term life learning refers to a form of homeschooling that trusts children and avoids the trappings of school. It is sometimes called unschooling, radical unschooling, or natural learning. Life learning children live and learn naturally, with the support of their families, based on their own interests and their own timetables, and without curriculum, tests, or grades. Go here, here and here for a more comprehensive explanation.

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