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Possible Move to CA

Replied Nov 4

What to watch?

Replied Jun 9

Ideas for a new house..?

Replied Jun 9

 

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Jen H. replied to Elisabeth's discussion 'Possible Move to CA'
I have a friend who lives in Sacramento (I'm not sure what part as we're not local), and she meets with unschooling families on a regular basis; there are usually over fifty unschoolers at their park days. Good luck with your move. Jen H. http:...
November 4
Jen H. commented on Sandra Dodd's blog post 'New little video, of me, about "Saying Yes"'
Bliss the following is from Sandra passed along through the AlwaysLearning yahoo group: The Family RUNning site is down and Holly and I need to leave for an out of town wedding soon. Someone was unable to view that video, and I wrote to Lee to s...
June 20
Jen H. replied to Amanda's discussion 'What to watch?'
The New Battlestar Galactica was very well done, but way too scary for my six year old, and too intense in parts for my eight year old (plus lots of adult content, which is okay, but some of it was a bit much for me.) Funny how for your guys Inu ...
June 9
Jen H. replied to Amanda's discussion 'What to watch?'
We don't have netflix, so I don't know if my suggestions will be all that helpful, but here goes: My kids love Inu Yasha (we've watched seasons one through five, some of them can be scarier than others), and Ranma 1/2 (only seen season one so far...
June 9
Jen H. replied to Jacob Seligmann's discussion 'BARBIE DOLLS'
"the bottom line is, if a parent makes the good stuff available and interesting and fun, then the negative stuff won't have much appeal will it?" Also, keep in mind that just because the parent sees something as negative doesn't mean they are rig...
June 4
Jen H. replied to Nicola Foote's discussion 'Day four of no dvd restrictions- and I am struggling'
"but i was probably just reacting to the scary prospect of letting go totally and letting my little girl run wild!" No one is suggesting your little girls run wild. They suggest to not place arbitrary limits on their interests based on your fears...
June 4
Jen H. replied to Jacob Seligmann's discussion 'BARBIE DOLLS'
"But when they're in the house and she's all dolled up, what am i going to do? I have to pretend that it's all ok with me... "Oh sweety, it's ok, all that stuff i said about barbie dolls doesn't matter, you like them, i want you to be comfortable ...
June 3
Jen H. replied to Mandy's discussion 'Small forms of disrespect growing into larger forms.'
"She said that the family discussed consequences because the older kids were being abused by the younger and there was no way for it to stop other than removing them." What age range? How can youngers abuse olders? My son (3yrs) will hit his sis...
May 30
Jen H. replied to Mandy's discussion 'Small forms of disrespect growing into larger forms.'
"Again, this is the example I am using. The real challenge is the overall big picture and everything else that goes along with it, not just this one example. So please do not assume that it is just this one thing and as such is “no big deal”. It i...
May 29
Jen H. replied to Kerry M.'s discussion 'Learning to Read question'
"There are kids in first, second, third grade who are said to be reading, and getting good grades at school in "reading," but that's because they're using materials that create the illusion that they can read. They're reading carefully created thi...
May 27
Jen H. replied to Kerry M.'s discussion 'Learning to Read question'
My answer is to not fret. Your kids have lots of time to learn to read. When my (now eight year old) daughter was five I expected her to be reading soon. I thought I was reading before kindergarten. It turns out I didn't start till nearly eight (...
May 27
Jen H. replied to Mandy's discussion 'Small forms of disrespect growing into larger forms.'
"Her example was that one of her kids is constantly pulling the bathroom towels off their racks onto the floor." Is she saying he walks into the bathrooms at every opportunity and pulls the towels down? OR Does he pull them off when he is tryin...
May 27
Jen H. replied to angie's discussion 'time for bed?'
My daughters (6 and 8) are pretty good at telling when they are tired. However, they often choose to stay up anyway. They are able to choose which is more valuable to them in the moment: getting some sleep, or playing a game/watching a movie/finis...
May 20
Jen H. replied to Shaina Williams's discussion 'Help,trying to stop stressing!!'
"my biggest concern is to keep them home with us and live a RU life in peace. I do believe these are all normal feelings (being so new at this), I just hope it won't take to long to get relaxed(a grip) with the fear of them being put back in schoo...
May 18
Jen H. replied to Angela Hamby's discussion 'Endless fighting'
The other thing I thought of is that you are dealing with five kids 16, 15, 12, 10, 8 (I checked your profile to get the info). Grouping them together to say: "now all they do is fight", and " they were very well mannered" fails to treat them as...
May 12
Jen H. replied to Angela Hamby's discussion 'Endless fighting'
"now all they do is fight" That statement cannot be true. Try to change your focus. The fighting is bothering you, but there must be times they get along. Maybe the quiet times are easier to overlook. A change of environment might help mix thing...
May 11

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what does "radical unschooling" mean to you?
Living life with my family in a free form, fun, connected manner. Learning through living.
how long have you been unschooling or homeschooling?
Always unschooling.
Eight years (if you count from the birth of my eldest).
Three years (if you count from when my eldest would have entered kindergarten).
names and ages of children
DD 8
DD 6
DS 3
a little about me
I'm a stay at home, unschooling Mom (This is the best life I can imagine.). I like sci-fi, knitting baby blankets, role playing games, and lots of other things that are not coming to mind at the moment.

I'm busy living life with my DH, 3kids, 2cats, 1 dog and 4 chickens.
blog
http://crazychicknlady.livejournal.com/

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