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What comes after school age with home/radical schooled kids?

Started this discussion. Last reply by Sue Patterson Aug 23, 2012. 3 Replies 0 Likes

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Sue Patterson replied to CrafyKat's discussion What comes after school age with home/radical schooled kids?

"I have 3 kids, 23, 21, 18...all doing different things.Michael, 23, went to college and is in the Peace Corps in NicaraguaKatie, 21, took community college classes then chose to go to an Acting Conservatory in NYC. In Sept, she moves into an…"

Aug 23, 2012

Meredith replied to CrafyKat's discussion What comes after school age with home/radical schooled kids?

"It all depends! Ray certainly wouldn't have gone to college if he'd stayed in school, so I didn't have to worry about that aspect with him. At 19, he's living next door to us (in a sort of "mother in law" space) working…"

Aug 21, 2012

Joyce Fetteroll replied to CrafyKat's discussion What comes after school age with home/radical schooled kids?

"In general, I'd say support continues. What that support looks like depends on the kid. Kids naturally want to "do it themselves." The desire to be competent is hard wired into us. So they want their own money to spend in their…"

Aug 20, 2012

CrafyKat posted a discussion

What comes after school age with home/radical schooled kids?

Hello, I am new here, I hope this is the right place for this inquiry about unschooling... I have been thinking a lot lately about what comes after schooling age? I have been homeschooling my 14 year old for just over a year and I wondered what homeschooled kids do AFTER school age? Do they sit their exams and go college? Or because they are homeschooled they find their joy, their creative gift and live from their own earning from that?I guess I never thought beyond that before and now wonder…See More

Aug 20, 2012

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what does "radical unschooling" mean to you?: Having the freedom to give the freedom to my kids to be whom they were born to be..

how long have you been unschooling or homeschooling?: 2 years.

first names of children: Ty and moli

a little about me: I am a spiritual life coach, NLP practitioner, couples counsellor and crafter of crochet, painting, drawing and anything I can get my hands on... I do not currently work outside the home, as I want to be with my kids.