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  • Albuquerque, NM
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I'm a single mama, unschooling this year my four boys. I am finding it very difficult and overwhelming with not alot of support and alot of relearning/deschooling for me. I grew up in a very authoritative household, sometimes verbally and physical...
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Both my younger boys are regularly mistaken for girls because they have long hair. Andy's isn't all that long, but it's wildly curly. Now that he's taller than me and you can see the shadow of a mustache, people are beginning to see he's a boy. Da...
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I'm a single mom. I unschool my nearly 6 year old son in Queens (NYC), NY. As my mom and Step-dad live out of state and the rest of my family is 20 mins or more away in another county (close, but really yet so far esp. in NY with everyone's busy s...
November 17
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I've been a single parent, and I'm an unschooler -- but not at the same time. I've known a couple of single unschooling Moms in my local community (one widowed, one never married) and a few more online. From what I've seen, those who manage to co...
November 5
I'm not sure what comprises the fog in your head, but a few thought occur to me. I haven't found that being an only necessarily means a child will grow up without consideration for others, nor does having siblings guarantee a child will be more g...
October 21
Janis, have you looked for local unschoolers to hang out with? I don't know what groups may be near you, but I know there are lots of unschoolers in the SoCal area. Having a community of like-minded friends for our family is an amazing resource. T...
October 20
More info is always good when you're looking for ideas to help your kids. Thanks for posting particulars. You said: I guess I should clarify that sometimes because of his differences, I wonder if I should be sitting with him and trying to get mo...
October 20
-=- There was a discussion or article about rules versus principles - I think on Sandra Dodd's website? - which also really helped.-=- http://sandradodd.com/rules Several things are linked there, but here's some great stuff by Ben Lovejoy: http:/...
October 20

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what does "radical unschooling" mean to you?
I'm moving away from identifying our life with any label, but if I had to define radical unschooling -- it's a big full life, trusting ourselves.
how long have you been unschooling or homeschooling?
homeschooling since may '01; unschooling since April '03
names and ages of children
Will 24
Andy 13
Dan 8
blog
http://ourhapahome.blogspot.com
flickr or other photo sharing page
http://ourhapahome365.blogspot.com
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http://mysquareone.blogspot.com

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At 11:52pm on September 23, 2009, Beth Fuller said…
Tell Dan I say, "Poke!" We miss you all so much!
At 12:55pm on May 3, 2009, Alyse said…
Aloha Sylvia~
It wasn't me that you met. We are in N Kohala (Hawi, Kapa;au) district about 1 hour out of Kona near Pololu Valley. I would be more than happy to meet and get to hang out with other unschoolers on our home turf! Unfortunately your visit will be right at Little League All Star tournament time where DS will be playing, DH will be coaching and I will be scorekeeping, as well as final long course island wide swim meet for DD! Yikes! We'll be on the road as none of these events will happen in our little area. But who knows? Keep in touch as your visit gets closer - maybe a picnic en route or something like that would work. I'd enjoy meeting you~
At 11:56pm on April 20, 2009, Deborah Cunefare said…
Sylvia, you can email me. DACunefare @ aol.com
At 6:10am on December 8, 2008, Vicki said…
Good Morning! Thanks for stopping by my blog. I don't really pay much attention to Hollywood folks so I appreciate the note about 'New Village Leadership Academy in California.' Talk to ya later! Have an awesome day.
At 5:56am on November 22, 2008, Rain Fordyce said…
Sylvia,
I loved your topic about guiding kids to manners and I love that it brought so much conversation to the table. It needed to be talked about and I am so glad a strong and open minded woman like yourself, led the group. Some of these discussions get heated. You are a great moderator!
Smiles and joy
At 3:33pm on September 28, 2008, Alison B. said…
Thanks Sylvia,

I'll see you over there soon.

We're in New Zealand. We just spent the day yesterday w/ Shell and family. We met on one of the RU sites. Such a lovely day and lively family..
At 12:21am on September 20, 2008, Rain Fordyce said…
Sylvia,
Wow! You know about AT? Who shared the news with you? So glad to be connected here. I need to go to bed. Been working all day. Let's talk soon.

smiles
At 12:50pm on September 17, 2008, Teresa O said…
I am loving this place! Such a good distraction from the bookkeeping work I can't manage to concentrate on (part of my chemo-brain problem).
At 1:17am on August 14, 2008, Alex Polikowsky said…
Hi Sylvia I used to read your blog but now it is set invitation only so I miss you.
At 8:03pm on July 26, 2008, Melissa said…
My Dan says Hi to your Dan...he likes the pictures of him.
 
 

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