Hi from South-Eastern Pa

[Harmony Meussner]

Hi everyone!

I am a mother of a 3 1/2 year old girl. She is my only child, and I intend to keep it that way. I had gotten a college degree in elementary education 10 years ago, but before I even finished school, I realized that I had no intention to work in the school system, and that if/when I had a child/children, I would homeschool. As I was pregnant, I learned about unschooling, as traditional homeschooling wasn't exactly what I was going for either. I had a homebirth, despite other people's feelings about it, and I have parented in a radical way, despite other people's feelings about it. It only makes sense for me to continue parenting, and "schooling" in the same way.

I live in an area where people start sending their kids to school when they are 2, and therefore I feel I have already begun unschooling, even though my daughter is 3 1/2. She is very interested in mammals, we still nurse, and she loves to talk about what nurses and what doesn't!

I am married to a supportive man, who wouldn't choose to unschool if he was on his own, but supports my decision and actively participates in our lives. He works full time, but does his best to be here as much as possible. We are a very family centered home, and my husband and I do a lot together--bath time, bed time, reading, playing, whatever.

I live in SE Pa and I have a small community of homeschoolers here--a combination of home and un-schoolers. I love having them, even if we are all doing it differently. People in this area consider 2 and 3 to be school-aged, so I have officially been declaring being an unschooler for a year now. We belong to a small home and un-schooling playgroup, which isn't perfect, but is nice.