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Children Will Learn, With Or Without A Structured Education
To me, it seems that just by living, and getting by in... Confronting Parents Who Bully
It's a very light, introductory course into water that includes blowing bubbles and getting comfortable kicking, floating, etc. This mother, however, seemed to think her daughter was training for the Olympics, and proceeded to say some things that were so biting and hurtful that I actually cried. She also told the little girl, "You're here to learn, not to play!" To me, of course, this sentence is an oxymoron.
What do you do when such things occur?
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Posted on Apr 12, 2010 - 08:43 PM by Shawn Strader in Op-Education
Often I wonder, why do we send our children away to a classroom at all? I can only speak for myself, but I feel that I have an ample amount of knowledge and know-how which I would love to share with my future children. With my knowledge, plus the fact that I would be bringing my kid(s) with me on daily adventures and into my networks of other people, it seems that experience alone would provide a well-rounded atmosphere for learning. So unschooling, to me, seems to be a viable option for providing an education. But at the same time, it seems odd, intuitively, to even think of planning an educational route for my future children.To me, it seems that just by living, and getting by in... Confronting Parents Who Bully
Posted on Sep 01, 2010 - 12:03 AM by Sara Schmidt in Uncharted Parenting
Recently I wrote about an incident that occurred during my daughter's swim lesson that had me in tears. A mother openly bullied her child--who was perhaps three or four years old, no more--about her lack of discipline in the class.It's a very light, introductory course into water that includes blowing bubbles and getting comfortable kicking, floating, etc. This mother, however, seemed to think her daughter was training for the Olympics, and proceeded to say some things that were so biting and hurtful that I actually cried. She also told the little girl, "You're here to learn, not to play!" To me, of course, this sentence is an oxymoron.
What do you do when such things occur?
The...