All Blog Posts Tagged 'parenting' (9)

yesterday my daughter, M (6) decided she didn't wish to go to her pottery class. as much as my "old school" brain (in the deschooling process) wanted to coerce her to go anyway so she could "finish what she started" and to "get our money's worth", i called myself on that and chose the r… Continue

“It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than dominate them" Alex Karras this is so very true. about myself and who i am. how i express myself...this says it all. it also says a lot about so many people who won't allow themselve… Continue

ok. still pondering this. mulling it over. not heeing and hawing so much...processing...how to merge my daughter from the waldorf school’s kindergarten she will be graduating from as of 6/10 this year into a radical unschooling life for her? i have a 6.5yo daughter and a 17 mo son. my daughter presently says she does NOT wish to be unschooled. i don’t think she is capable of choosing this for herself at age 6. and i don’t like the restrictions placed on her at the school. i told her jokingly yet… Continue

has anyone been looking around 'twibes'... i am new to alot of this social networking stuff, so find it all quite fascinating. for those on twitter, there is a twibe for unschoolers - come along and join... http://twibes.com/unschooling see you there. i also started my own twibe http://www.twibes.com/group/peacefulparenting please feel free to join that one as well! not exactly sure what the whole point of twibes are yet, but it looks interesting... is it just a place for like minded people to c… Continue

I just finished answering an "Ask Tracy" question, come ask me a question! http://asktracy.wordpress.com Continue

Ask it here http://asktracy.wordpress.com/ I just started this and I need questions :-) Continue

my friend, cheryl, wrote a really nice post on her blog...it felt really familiar. i commented on it and realized that my comment might make a good post since i've not been doing much at the posting helm lately. here is my comment to her post: "isn't it amazing how quickly things can change...from peaceful to chaos in just seconds? BUT, it's also amazing how much of an impression our general attitude and demeanor have on… Continue

If you missed my interview with Christine, here it is for you to listen in as we talk about homeschooling, unschooling, parenting and life. Enjoy! Continue

So, I was a little nervous about using this feature, because as a noob, I'm a little embarrassed to be exposing myself to the more experienced folks here. But I'm getting over it. ;) I'm reading the book Connection Parenting: Parenting through Connection instead of Coercion, Through Love instead of Fear by Pam Leo. It's one of those book with… Continue