Cindy Henry's Blog (2)

Just two days ago I discovered the Radical Unschoolers Network quite on my own. I have read several blogs now and gotten a glimpse of some of the unschoolers' lives, the very human anxieties and ambivalences concerning the turning loose of children's minds, and I'm thinking: could this really be possible? Then yesterday came what I consider Providence from the Maker of all Things: My friend and neighbor, Jewel, who is an unschooled teenager and who has been coercing me to re-think home schoolin… Continue

Hi all, I am new to this network, so bear with me -- I've never blogged before, either! Question: In my perusal of various "unschooling" sites, I see a lot geared toward the preschool and elementary-age child, but where is the info regarding unschooling older children, specifically, teenagers? I am a veteran home schooler, but after nineteen years I burned out and put my two youngest sons in public school (big mistake). After three years of struggle, we are ready to home school again, but this… Continue