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There Is No Uncaring In Unschooling
"He'd fooled us. He'd been learning all along--we just hadn't been able to see it because it didn't follow from our "teaching." It came from doing, sharing, and observing, from osmotically absorbing what was around him. I recalled that he once said to Mark, who was giving him snowboard instruction, "Dad, would you stop trying to teach me and just let me learn?"
~Deborah Sutton from Three Frog Nights (Mothering Magazine, May/June 2009)
2 comments:
Oh Katherine, thank you for this. I must repost on Facebook. We use very little of the crap they discuss. Make alot of it ourselves...and the odd time I wear some make up (christmas party) my eyes sting and burn. So not worth it. Thanks for sharing this and educating your readers. xo
Slow Death by Rubber Duck: The Secret Danger of Everyday Things.
A somewhat silly title for a not so silly book, if you are interested.
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