[ SECRET POST #2718 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2718 ⌋

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Comments

Re: What's Wrong With Attachment Parenting?

[(Anonymous)]

(15-year-old anon from upthread again.) You're talking about unschooling. It's what all of my friends do. All of them know how to read, at least, but I don't think any of them have taken any non-"fun" formal classes (e.g. math beyond basic arithmetic, English). Basically, yeah, if they don't want to do it they don't have to. It's a twitchy topic in the homeschooling community, like so very many things.

Re: What's Wrong With Attachment Parenting?

[(Anonymous)]

I was unschooled from 12 on -- my mother hit a wall with me and math (and frankly, my brain just wasn't ready for it. I went to the local junior college for it and when I was 17, I flunked beginning algebra. When I was 20, I got an A+. My brain literally had to click), and since I was an exceptional reader, she decided to let me immerse myself in my own interests. So I became extremely good at history, knitting, singing, riding a bike, writing terrible Mary-Sue novels, philosophy, humor and any number of things. Whenever I was floundering for what to do, I was guided into trying something new. When I got very into something, it was okay for my whole world to become about it. Say, for example, I suddenly got into castles. I would read every book available on castles, I would make paper castles, I would be taken to the museum to see pictures of castles (we don't have any ruins or actual castles on this coast, so that was close enough), I would become a castle expert, and in the mean time, learn a little something about research and geometry.

That right there is good unschooling in practice. I have a friend whose mother got very into the "idea" of unschooling, but basically used it as an excuse to completely neglect her younger child. That kid now has no foundation to build upon in learning, no direction, and frankly, no respect for a mother that tried to have her out of the house and in other peoples' care as often as possible.