Table of Contents - Life Learning September/October 2011

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Table of Contents
September/October 2011

Editorial by Wendy Priesnitz
Challenging assumptions about life and learning.

Attachment Parenting Our Adolescent Children by Laurie A. Couture
Overturning the notion that teens are all grown up and no longer need their families' nurturance.

How Much Math is Enough? by Christy Severn-Martinez
Relaxing into the belief that your life learning child will learn as much math (and maybe more) as she needs.

Life Learning History by Eva Swidler
Circumventing the carefully constructed (and often false) depiction of history that textbooks present.

When Support Groups Go Wrong
Whatever an Education Is by Debra Elramey
What happens when you start a homeschooling support group but the others don't follow you into unschooling.

Adult Bullying in Home Education Communities by Karri Lewis
Dealing with adults who bully other parents and children in our home education communities.

Expanding The “10,000 Hour” Rule by Laura Grace Weldon
Self-directed, endlessly curious learners have plenty of time to follow their passions and to redefine success.

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

Not Back to School by Wendy Priesnitz
Life learning children don't have to dread that traumatic first day of school.

and much more...

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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