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On Discipline
by John Holt
"Some
experts, in writing about discipline, try to equate and lump
together what I have called the Discipline of Nature and the
Discipline of Superior Force. They say that when we tell a child
to do something, and punish him if he does not, we are teaching
him to understand the natural consequences of his acts..." |
Doing
Something Very Different: Growing Without Schooling by
Susannah Sheffer
"I'm sitting with three teenagers who have
recently left school to begin learning at home and in the
wider world. On the table in front of us lie notes about
possibilities - ideas, wishes, plans for further
investigation..." |
Smoking
During Pregnancy Risks Psychosis in Children - Research
"Mothers who smoke during pregnancy put their children at greater risk of
developing psychotic symptoms in their teenage years..." |
Family
Reunions: A Time to Connect by Jan Hunt
"For more than two million years, family and community
were the same: our extended family was our community. Now, our
extended family is often widely scattered, and our community
is composed mostly of strangers..." |
Schooling:
The Hidden Agenda
by Daniel Quinn
"I've been called a number of things: a futurist,
a planetary philosopher, an anthropologist from Mars. Recently
I was introduced to an audience as a cultural critic, and I
think this probably says it best. As you'll see, I will be
trying to place schooling and unschooling in the larger
context of our cultural history and that of our species as
well..." |
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"The absence of fear is the finest thing
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