For Goodness Sakes, Relax!

One of the questions for the July edition of Unschooling Voices is: what advice would you have given to yourself early in your unschooling journey?

My answer is… RELAX!

Sure is easy to say and much harder to do. There’s so many questions and unknowns. So many worries about whether or not we’re doing the right thing. Will they learn what they need to learn without a curriculum… without being forced to learn it. It takes a lot of trust and faith to let go of the “school” mentality.

If your kids have been in the school system give yourselves lots and lots of time to deschool. Yes, you, too! You need time to let go of those old ideas of what schooling and education is. It’s time to take a perminant vacation from school. “Schools out for the summer, Schools out FOREVER!”

Embrace the freedom! Just let go! Relax!

AND get mentored by other unschoolers! Yahoo groups are a great way to do that. Here are a few of my favorites: Always Learning, Always Unschooled, Radical Christian Unschoolers, Unschooling Basics, Radical Unschoolers List. You will find people who will help you to challenge your long held beliefs about the way things *should be* when it comes to life and learning.