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23
Mar
How To Design Your Life From Childhood. Probably. Maybe.

How To Design Your Life From Childhood. Probably. Maybe.

Since appearing on The Steve Harvey Show to discuss parenting, I’ve gotten a barrage of questions about what our children do all day, since…
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18
Mar
6 Ways to Engage an Unschooling Child in Noncoercive Reading & Spelling

6 Ways to Engage an Unschooling Child in Noncoercive Reading & Spelling

I recently put the finishing touches on a new lecture in my Unschooling for Entrepreneurs course. Students asked for ideas to help counter…
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04
Mar

These Myths May Be Holding You Back from Unschooling Your Children — Here’s Why They Shouldn’t

I stood up to walk away from the makeshift office space in my bedroom; it was time for a well-earned break from work. I’d been editing a…
8 min read
03
Mar

That Time I Explained Unschooling on The Steve Harvey Show

With a bit of humor, but unmistakable certainty, Steve Harvey told unschooling mama, Bethanie Garcia, that no matter what, her 5-year-old…
4 min read
24
Feb

Rituals & Realizations On Black Girl Hair

I was rushing that morning.
4 min read
21
Feb
The Freedom of Unschooling: Raising Liberated Black Children Without The Restrictions of School

The Freedom of Unschooling: Raising Liberated Black Children Without The Restrictions of School

My daughters Marley, 11, and Sage, 9, are fully immersed in childhood, exploring a variety of places and things and learning to manage…
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28
Jan
3 Ways to Foster the Boundaries of Your Introverted Child

3 Ways to Foster the Boundaries of Your Introverted Child

When my daughter Sage was about four years old, I took her and her older sister, Marley (Mar), to a playground near our house.
7 min read
23
Dec
The Unschooler’s Snarky Mary-Sue Review

The Unschooler’s Snarky Mary-Sue Review

Who knew motherhood was so deeply connected to self-discovery? It has led me down the unconventional paths of unschooling (curiosity led…
4 min read
23
Dec

Spotted Girl, Tall Tree

I’ve always loved climbing. The feelings of my limbs stretching out to meet the length and curves of a massive tree, or the feeling of my…
3 min read
18
Oct
These Myths May Be Holding You Back from Unschooling Your Children — Here’s Why They Shouldn’t

These Myths May Be Holding You Back from Unschooling Your Children — Here’s Why They Shouldn’t

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