Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
-Chinese Proverb
I read somewhere once that children are redirected or told no on average every nine seconds. Now, I have no idea how this stat came to be, because how would you [...]
Posted on November 18th, 2008 by AttachedMama
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First, Sarah reminded me again about this video and website, Where the hell is Matt?.
His videos are a lot of fun. I guarantee they will make you smile.
The addendum is about my chores post. Reading it over, I wanted to clarify something. I briefly mentioned that I don’t agree with all the Radical Unschooling concepts [...]
Posted on August 15th, 2008 by AttachedMama
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There seem to be as many ways to try and make or coerce a child into doing chores as there are parents out there. My whole parenting style tries to avoid making or coercing my child into doing anything, and Kris and I have had discussions about chores and cleaning since before I was even [...]
Posted on August 13th, 2008 by AttachedMama
Filed under: Consensual Living | 5 Comments »