Applying Unschooling Principles to Parenting
Many families discover that unschooling works so well with their children's education, they begin to use the principles in parenting too.
Sometimes these approaches are called:
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NON-PUNITIVE
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RELATIONSHIP-BASED
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NON-AUTHORITARIAN
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RADICAL UNSCHOOLING
PARENTING BLOGPOSTS
...from experienced unschooling moms:
SUE PATTERSON | SUEPATTERSON.COM
Unschooling is not Unparenting | "I'm not your Friend, I'm Your Mother" | Lean Into the Love | Parenting Teens: A Hands on Approach | What Really Matters | Resist the Urge to Compare
PAM SOROOSHIAN | LEARNING HAPPENS
Resentful Unschooling Parents | Training is Tricky | Two Things About Unschooling | Radical Unschooling Support vs. Coercion
PAM LARICCHIA | LIVING JOYFULLY
The Unschooling Family: Considering Everyone's Needs |Learn to say No or You'll Spoil Your Child | When You and Your Child See Things Differently
JOYCE FETTEROLL | JOYFULLY REJOYCING
Essentials | Living Values While Guiding Children | Nurturing Decision Making | In Practice | Nurturing Helpfulness | All The Parenting Questions
MEREDITH NOVAK | IN OUR OWN TIME, IN OUR OWN WAY
Chores & Bad Kids | Dietary Issues & Social Situations | Tiredness, Sleep & Rest | Angry Resistant Child | How Do You Teach Respect? | TV Time | It's Hard to Be Two
TV/Videogames
What about TV/Videogames?
UM2M Collection of artciles, videos, podcasts on the topic.
Television, Really? Won't that Ruin Kids' Brains?
Pam Sorooshian | Learning Happens
Screentime
Roxana Sorooshian
Food Choices
Easy Snacks
Joyce Fetteroll
Dietary Issues and Social Situations
Meredith Novak
Food Freedom - and Why I Stopped Using the Term "Clean Eating"
Jennifer McGrail
Respecting Children's Choices
Joyce Fetteroll
Bedtime
What do you mean "No Bedtimes?"
Joyce Fetteroll
Sleeping
Sandra Dodd
Learning about Tiredness, Sleep, and Rest
Meredith Novak
Discussions, Bedtime, Perceptions
Sandra Dodd Collection
Behavioral Issues
Transitions
Joyce Fetteroll
Gentle Discipline: So What Do You Do?
Jennifer McGrail
Angry Resistant Child
Meredith Novak
Nurturing Decision-Making
Joyce Fetteroll
Your Kids are Communicating NOT Manipulating
Jennifer McGrail
Chores
Chores?
Pam Sorooshian | Learning Happens
THINKING ABOUT MANDATORY CHORES
Meredith Novak | In Our Own Time, In Our Own Way
CHORES & "BAD KIDS"
Meredith Novak | In Our Own Time, In Our Own Way
NURTURING HELPFULNESS
Joyce Fetteroll | Joyfully Rejoycing
CHORES AND AN UNSCHOOLING CHILDHOOD
Pam Laricchia | Living Joyfully
THE CASE AGAINST CHORE CHARTS
Bridget McNamara | Family Optimized
HOUSEWORK TIPS
Joyce Fetteroll | Joyfully Rejoycing
Miscellaneous & Helpful
How Do You Teach Respect?
Meredith Novak
Gradual Change
Sandra Dodd Collection
Next Steps...
Sometimes it helps to talk with other parents who are applying unschooling ideas and principles to their parenting. The Creating Confidence coaching group meets online in a private FB group, through the WhatsApp app, and has a weekly group coaching call through Zoom with Sue. Joining this group can help you see all the different ways unschooling can be applied in different families.