Yay! Thank you so much for your channel. I was unschooled until I was 16 when I started college. I loved it and am a “successful” adult by all measures. I am also the mother of a three year old and just a few years into my journey as an unschooling parent. I love sharing my experiences with curious parents - thanks so much for encouraging others.
I really enjoyed listening to your video. I pulled my son out of public school about 3 yrs ago and started homeschooling him. It seemed like every day was a struggle. Over the past year or so, I believe, we are now unschooling. Life seems so much simpler and more happy. I have one son, he is 8yrs old. He was actually sitting at the table behind me while I was watching your video and there were a couple of times you mentioned things and I turned and looked at him, I knew he was listening and could relate because of the funny smile he would give me. I'm going to head over to your channel and check it out. I really love listening and talking with other moms about how its like in their homes and what their kids do on a daily basis. Thank you very much
Yes! This is how we live our life also. Everyone is equal in our house. Ever since we found unschooling and started living it, I find the “discipline” aspect of parenting so much easier bc the kids tend to not lie or hide things because they know we can talk about it and I probably won’t say no anyway lol. I say “discipline” bc we don’t punish etc. we discuss things as they come up. It is amazing how their behavior has changed for the better when I let go of all of the rules I had in place before.
We are second year homeschoolers and have been slowly transitioning to a more unschooling approach this year. It’s been a great year since we started transitioning, it’s such a good fit for our family. We’re all less stressed and happier.
I have been unschooling my daughter right from the beginning and now I have twins! Sometimes I feel so much pressure from outsiders - videos like this remind me that I'm doing the right thing for my family! I talk about unschooling a bit on my channel but it is so hard to really get that message across to others sometimes!
Thank you for sharing this. You opened my eyes to a whole new and different perspective. I never heard of unschooling until recently. I’m choosing to homeschool this year and a friend mentioned this style of learning. I never would have looked at learning without restriction as an option or that it would influence (positive) importance and the impact it has on ones ability to self regulate. My children are 5 and 7 in Montessori so I believe it’s a good time to test the waters at the very least. 😊
I love the idea of the kids having more time to study and develop their skills that they are good at. Also love the that you have time to teach them much needed life skills as well.
Good for you. People freak out (Nicholsons at play) and not understand that we are perfectly capable of learning without having someone mold us into what they want. I'm glad your kids know about business and know how to have self discipline. They will be able to regulate their behaviors throughout life because they learned self discipline, not because someone kept telling them "don't do that". I also love the part where they can or NOT hug..i find it so wrong when parents force kids to hug someone.
LOVE seeing this. There are so many YouTubing homeschoolers right now who are making "interest led learning" synonymous with "unschooling". Thank you for representing what unschooling really is!!
My kids are 5&3 and I decided very early on that I would not be enrolling either one in public school. My son will be 6 in September and he loves his electronics. His new thing is splatoon 2 for Nintendo switch. He has finally figured out how to play the game and he's hooked. He voiced searched boss lvl run throughs on his own and can now beat levels without dying! I'm extremely impressed and at the same time conflicted because he's spending SO much time playing. Not sure if I should let him until he's over it or limit his time.... i am new at this so its proving difficult not to control everything!
I LOVE this video! I'm loving seeing more and more homeschoolers discovering and coming into their full self-education power and liberty by unschooling. That's fascinating how unschooling can become an entire life philosophy of personal freedom with determining one's boundaries from sleep, eating, to personal body boundaries. I'm curious, have you and your daughter considered her learning to be a storyboard artist via online courses? Perhaps she's already discovered that by now. Thank you for sharing so openly about your unschooling journey from your heart.
When did you progress from homeschool (learning to read, write, math, etc.) to unschooling? The parents who skip the homeschool part are a mystery to me.
Looking forward to seeing more videos from you! I'm a new subscribers and I'm been toying back and forth with unschooling in our home for a few years now. My boys are 9 and 11. I feel like it fit them best but I'm a very plan A type and get a little concerned when all they want to do is watch movies and play video games all day. I see some benefits to the games they play, but I see more benefit in their learning when I say they can only play on the weekends. They are always building with legos and wanting to make movies. My 9 year old reads all the time mostly pokemon stuff and my 11 years doesn't like to read but loves listening to Audio books. I guess sometimes I lack the confidence in the process because its takes so long to see the fruit of the labor and maybe also because I got to brainwashed in the public school model of learning and being told what to do when! Thanks for sharing and I will be binge watch you channel this weekend during my screen time!!
You're not brainwashed by the public school method of learning. Your kids need structure that you're not willing to provide. Where's the dad in all of this?
@@albinolucinda There are different variations of unschooling some are completely unstructured and others have more structure. As far as where is their Dad in all of this. He is all about an unschooling, unstructured day, in fact I'm the parent that prefers constant routines and daily flow. He on the other hand wants to do whatever whenever. So its not that I'm unwilling to give them structure, its the fact that when I do they truly don't learn as well and are less creative. BTW are you unschooling your kids? I'm looking for others advice that are or have unschooling/unschooled their own kids and seen the fruit of labor. God Bless and happy homeschooling!
I was wondering what do you show the state if they decide to come check in on your homeschool? Do they have to do an end of year test? I'm sorry for the questions, I'm just very curious. Thank you in advance 😁
No problem at all! We do evaluations every year with a certified teacher who checks for progress. It gets turned into our county every year. We put together a binder of some of the things they have done over the year (things like, books they have read, places they have visited, etc)
What age did you begin to implement these things with your kids? I have 8, 4, and 3 yro old. My 8 yro can regulate bead time, but can not regulate electronic time yet. His brain is not able to turn it off and then he gets extremely cranky. What age was yours able to?
Can someone please help me! I am new to this and my 4th grader HATES long math (multiplication) and will cry. I don’t know how to teach it because we always get into arguments. In my mind it seems absolutely ridiculous to know how to do 674 x526 because as an adult I will always use my calculator for that. Is this stuff necessary??? Please help
If they are crying, that is definitely a sign to back off for a bit. They can come back to it later when they are ready and will learn it so much faster. I think it is helpful for them to understand how multiplication works, but technology has provided us with calculators available to us at all times - and I am all for efficiency. Let the calculator do the hard work lol. 4th grade is still really young - they have plenty of time to learn multiplication before they graduate :)
I am starting my journey into Unschooling now too! It is exciting, but also challenging still. I share about it on my channel. I’d love to talk Unschooling with you!!
@@missb6064 I would say reach out and find more like-minded people online, just like this. I have learned so much from unschooling groups and other influencers that I follow who also unschool. Also just try to get rid of the old mindset of what "school" and "education" was. Now, it is life. :) How many kids do you have and what ages?
Great points as we are finding ourselves in this situation, not by our choosing. I do have to be careful as our 14 yr old son can and will abuse electronic time. But because of covid 19 we have pulled him from school to do a virtual school. Sadly that did NOT work out. So we find ourselves home schooling a stubborn, strong willed child who has melt downs. I am slowly learning to let go and let him. I am brand new at this but this wk we are seeing progress and I am enjoying him so much. It isn't perfect and we are learning this as we go but I see hope for him this yr.
Funny thing is that alot of people are like "You have to ask to go to the bathroom" and blah blah and I'm in online school and this is kinda funny, I have to put up an away sign when I go pee or else I get booted lol
What state are you in? I am trying to swing the unschooling and I believe my state law is to keep track of what we do. Also there are mandatory subjects they have to learn required by state of Texas law.
So you as a parent obviously must have a work at home job unless a significant other works. What's the process to unschooling? Are they still required to get vaccines? I don't like vaccines.
This is very interesting to me. Are they able to do anything they want or experience things considered inappropriate? What about viewing sexual explicit shows?
I do not restrict, but they are also not really interested in watching sexually explicit shows. It makes them uncomfortable and is not something they seek out to watch. We have watched a few probably-inappropriate-to-other-families movies together and they brought up great conversations. A few weeks ago we watched Good Boys together - they are going to be exposed to these things at some point, and I would rather create an environment of open communication so they do not feel ashamed or embarrassed to ask me about these topics. I definitely do not want friends or the internet to be their go-to resource for their sexual questions lol.
I'm exploring the unschooling idea. I've never been a fan of public schooling. I think it is not only unproductive and boring, it is failing our youth miserably. Children and teens are indoctrinated in so many negative forces I won't even start. They are definitely learning their parents are stupid from someone.
The perfect time to unschool! I have always wanted to homeschool, I have been reasearching different methods on how to homeschool. 2 days ago our county informed that schools will not be reopening. Classes will be online. Computer work?! No thank you. I will be keeping my 6 year old home.
@@arwenrosalie3031 I would do the same thing mama! Unschooling it is! I would love to have you as a virtual unschooling friend. You can find me on instagram and we can talk. It's @_themindfulminimalist_
I will be looking you up! I want to unschool my children I'm so done with public school! Specially not that the lausd district came out saying covid vaccines are going to be mandatory 😠 for kids to return to school
Yay! Thank you so much for your channel. I was unschooled until I was 16 when I started college. I loved it and am a “successful” adult by all measures. I am also the mother of a three year old and just a few years into my journey as an unschooling parent. I love sharing my experiences with curious parents - thanks so much for encouraging others.
I’d love to hear more about your journey.
I really enjoyed listening to your video. I pulled my son out of public school about 3 yrs ago and started homeschooling him. It seemed like every day was a struggle. Over the past year or so, I believe, we are now unschooling. Life seems so much simpler and more happy. I have one son, he is 8yrs old. He was actually sitting at the table behind me while I was watching your video and there were a couple of times you mentioned things and I turned and looked at him, I knew he was listening and could relate because of the funny smile he would give me. I'm going to head over to your channel and check it out. I really love listening and talking with other moms about how its like in their homes and what their kids do on a daily basis. Thank you very much
Yes! This is how we live our life also. Everyone is equal in our house. Ever since we found unschooling and started living it, I find the “discipline” aspect of parenting so much easier bc the kids tend to not lie or hide things because they know we can talk about it and I probably won’t say no anyway lol. I say “discipline” bc we don’t punish etc. we discuss things as they come up. It is amazing how their behavior has changed for the better when I let go of all of the rules I had in place before.
We are second year homeschoolers and have been slowly transitioning to a more unschooling approach this year. It’s been a great year since we started transitioning, it’s such a good fit for our family. We’re all less stressed and happier.
I’m not really familiar with unschooling but it’s interesting to learn that I already incorporate a lot of these practices in my parenting style.
I have been unschooling my daughter right from the beginning and now I have twins! Sometimes I feel so much pressure from outsiders - videos like this remind me that I'm doing the right thing for my family! I talk about unschooling a bit on my channel but it is so hard to really get that message across to others sometimes!
Thank you for sharing this. You opened my eyes to a whole new and different perspective. I never heard of unschooling until recently. I’m choosing to homeschool this year and a friend mentioned this style of learning. I never would have looked at learning without restriction as an option or that it would influence (positive) importance and the impact it has on ones ability to self regulate. My children are 5 and 7 in Montessori so I believe it’s a good time to test the waters at the very least. 😊
Glad to see another podcast from you. Even though my kids are raised I enjoyed watching your videos.
Thank you! I am going to be much more active on TH-cam is 2020!
I love the idea of the kids having more time to study and develop their skills that they are good at. Also love the that you have time to teach them much needed life skills as well.
Good for you. People freak out (Nicholsons at play) and not understand that we are perfectly capable of learning without having someone mold us into what they want. I'm glad your kids know about business and know how to have self discipline. They will be able to regulate their behaviors throughout life because they learned self discipline, not because someone kept telling them "don't do that". I also love the part where they can or NOT hug..i find it so wrong when parents force kids to hug someone.
LOVE seeing this. There are so many YouTubing homeschoolers right now who are making "interest led learning" synonymous with "unschooling". Thank you for representing what unschooling really is!!
Totally thought that was unschooling because that's what I've heard recently.
We are just now shifting over to unschooling. This is helpful. My kids can’t yet regulate these things yet but we are working on it
My kids are 5&3 and I decided very early on that I would not be enrolling either one in public school. My son will be 6 in September and he loves his electronics. His new thing is splatoon 2 for Nintendo switch. He has finally figured out how to play the game and he's hooked. He voiced searched boss lvl run throughs on his own and can now beat levels without dying! I'm extremely impressed and at the same time conflicted because he's spending SO much time playing. Not sure if I should let him until he's over it or limit his time.... i am new at this so its proving difficult not to control everything!
I LOVE this video! I'm loving seeing more and more homeschoolers discovering and coming into their full self-education power and liberty by unschooling. That's fascinating how unschooling can become an entire life philosophy of personal freedom with determining one's boundaries from sleep, eating, to personal body boundaries. I'm curious, have you and your daughter considered her learning to be a storyboard artist via online courses? Perhaps she's already discovered that by now. Thank you for sharing so openly about your unschooling journey from your heart.
When did you progress from homeschool (learning to read, write, math, etc.) to unschooling? The parents who skip the homeschool part are a mystery to me.
Looking forward to seeing more videos from you! I'm a new subscribers and I'm been toying back and forth with unschooling in our home for a few years now. My boys are 9 and 11. I feel like it fit them best but I'm a very plan A type and get a little concerned when all they want to do is watch movies and play video games all day. I see some benefits to the games they play, but I see more benefit in their learning when I say they can only play on the weekends. They are always building with legos and wanting to make movies. My 9 year old reads all the time mostly pokemon stuff and my 11 years doesn't like to read but loves listening to Audio books. I guess sometimes I lack the confidence in the process because its takes so long to see the fruit of the labor and maybe also because I got to brainwashed in the public school model of learning and being told what to do when! Thanks for sharing and I will be binge watch you channel this weekend during my screen time!!
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You're not brainwashed by the public school method of learning. Your kids need structure that you're not willing to provide. Where's the dad in all of this?
@@albinolucinda There are different variations of unschooling some are completely unstructured and others have more structure. As far as where is their Dad in all of this. He is all about an unschooling, unstructured day, in fact I'm the parent that prefers constant routines and daily flow. He on the other hand wants to do whatever whenever. So its not that I'm unwilling to give them structure, its the fact that when I do they truly don't learn as well and are less creative. BTW are you unschooling your kids? I'm looking for others advice that are or have unschooling/unschooled their own kids and seen the fruit of labor. God Bless and happy homeschooling!
How would you teach them how to read and write 😧?
Wow so cool! I never knew about unschooling until today! Thank you. Very inspiring!
How do you get started with unschooling?
We homeschool thru charter school, so they have the schoolwork and deadlines. My kids buy their wants and gadgets with their own money too.
You sound exactly like me!! We don’t do bed times, unlimited screen times, kids set their own schedule and so forth!!
We Unschool too, I unschool two boys :) Great video!
This is so helpful thank you!
So happy to have found this video. I feel like we are heading towards unschooling in our home.
I was wondering what do you show the state if they decide to come check in on your homeschool? Do they have to do an end of year test? I'm sorry for the questions, I'm just very curious. Thank you in advance 😁
No problem at all! We do evaluations every year with a certified teacher who checks for progress. It gets turned into our county every year. We put together a binder of some of the things they have done over the year (things like, books they have read, places they have visited, etc)
What age did you begin to implement these things with your kids? I have 8, 4, and 3 yro old. My 8 yro can regulate bead time, but can not regulate electronic time yet. His brain is not able to turn it off and then he gets extremely cranky. What age was yours able to?
I am thankful for this program and is about time we have a choice to teach our kids.
Wow! This is really inspirational! Thank you
Can someone please help me! I am new to this and my 4th grader HATES long math (multiplication) and will cry. I don’t know how to teach it because we always get into arguments. In my mind it seems absolutely ridiculous to know how to do 674 x526 because as an adult I will always use my calculator for that. Is this stuff necessary??? Please help
If they are crying, that is definitely a sign to back off for a bit. They can come back to it later when they are ready and will learn it so much faster. I think it is helpful for them to understand how multiplication works, but technology has provided us with calculators available to us at all times - and I am all for efficiency. Let the calculator do the hard work lol. 4th grade is still really young - they have plenty of time to learn multiplication before they graduate :)
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I am starting my journey into Unschooling now too! It is exciting, but also challenging still. I share about it on my channel. I’d love to talk Unschooling with you!!
I'm just starting.
Any advice ?
@@missb6064 I would say reach out and find more like-minded people online, just like this. I have learned so much from unschooling groups and other influencers that I follow who also unschool. Also just try to get rid of the old mindset of what "school" and "education" was. Now, it is life. :)
How many kids do you have and what ages?
how do i tech my kids to read do unschooling
Great points as we are finding ourselves in this situation, not by our choosing. I do have to be careful as our 14 yr old son can and will abuse electronic time. But because of covid 19 we have pulled him from school to do a virtual school. Sadly that did NOT work out. So we find ourselves home schooling a stubborn, strong willed child who has melt downs. I am slowly learning to let go and let him. I am brand new at this but this wk we are seeing progress and I am enjoying him so much. It isn't perfect and we are learning this as we go but I see hope for him this yr.
I don't know a lot about unschooling but it's good that they seemed well balanced
Wow I love the cooking part. I’d love mine to cook for us 🤗
I like your video about unschooling. How has it changed with this carona virus?
Omg that is so cool that they plan and make their own meals!
Can you be my mom. I'm in my 30s. And married. And have kids. Lol you sound amazing you rock.
Funny thing is that alot of people are like "You have to ask to go to the bathroom" and blah blah and I'm in online school and this is kinda funny, I have to put up an away sign when I go pee or else I get booted lol
Thank you so much for sharing!
What state are you in? I am trying to swing the unschooling and I believe my state law is to keep track of what we do. Also there are mandatory subjects they have to learn required by state of Texas law.
Texas doesn’t keep track of homeschooling. It falls under private school ❤️
This was great information. The sound was confusing, but worth the listen. Thank you.
I would definitely unschool but I can't afford it
So you as a parent obviously must have a work at home job unless a significant other works. What's the process to unschooling? Are they still required to get vaccines?
I don't like vaccines.
This is very interesting to me. Are they able to do anything they want or experience things considered inappropriate? What about viewing sexual explicit shows?
I do not restrict, but they are also not really interested in watching sexually explicit shows. It makes them uncomfortable and is not something they seek out to watch. We have watched a few probably-inappropriate-to-other-families movies together and they brought up great conversations. A few weeks ago we watched Good Boys together - they are going to be exposed to these things at some point, and I would rather create an environment of open communication so they do not feel ashamed or embarrassed to ask me about these topics. I definitely do not want friends or the internet to be their go-to resource for their sexual questions lol.
I'm exploring the unschooling idea. I've never been a fan of public schooling. I think it is not only unproductive and boring, it is failing our youth miserably. Children and teens are indoctrinated in so many negative forces I won't even start. They are definitely learning their parents are stupid from someone.
Wow
Good for you! We are starting to unschool as well!! I share about it on my channel too.
The perfect time to unschool! I have always wanted to homeschool, I have been reasearching different methods on how to homeschool. 2 days ago our county informed that schools will not be reopening. Classes will be online. Computer work?! No thank you. I will be keeping my 6 year old home.
@@arwenrosalie3031 I would do the same thing mama! Unschooling it is! I would love to have you as a virtual unschooling friend. You can find me on instagram and we can talk. It's @_themindfulminimalist_
I will be looking you up! I want to unschool my children I'm so done with public school! Specially not that the lausd district came out saying covid vaccines are going to be mandatory 😠 for kids to return to school
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