Extract from a recent discussion:
Even though I unschool, I do control what is offered to my children - both food wise and environmentally. We all do.
We like to think we are giving everyone free choice, buit in fact there are many restraints in place naturally.
In our family, we don't have chocolate available for breakfast (sadly) and we don't watch pornography or violence. We have a wide range of choices like staying home and reading and riding and martial arts and art class and time on the pc etc.
From what is available to them, they make the choices most appropriate and interesting to themselves.
We can not realistically make everything in the world available and I would suggest that we wouldn't want to either. There is much I choose not to have my children experimenting with at this point or at all.
We also control the attitude and beliefs that surround them most closely. They will be copying what we do!
I have frequently been heard to say that by the time they leave our home they will have witnessed at least one really cool and complete education - mine!
Have a day filled with choices!
Karen
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
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