Watercolor Children by Helen Hegener – July/August, 2002 As a writer I work with the precise meanings of words. Control and mastery are important when one is trying to convey an idea, an emotion, or an experience. Realizing many years ago that writing was a very controlled activity, and seeking an alternative which might...
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A Weapon of Mass Instruction
Unschooling Blog: A Weapon of Mass Instruction in The War On Toddlers The weblog for the Unschooling.com site summarizes why this article in the current issue of HEM is important reading: Why is there a drive to institutionalize preschoolers in government schools? Here are some of the reasons for this “war on toddlers†and...
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Ansel Adams
A biography of photographer Ansel Adams Charles and Olive Adams gave their son, Ansel, the freedom to grow and become whatever his intellect and talents would allow him to be. At twelve, unable to stand the confinement and tedium of the classroom, he utterly disrupted his lessons with wild laughter and undisguised contempt for...
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Eragon’s Author
Homeschooler Christopher Paolini is back in the news again with his fantasy novel Eragon, this time, as HEM blogger Daryl Cobranchi notes, Christopher’s sequel is the subject of a good article in this week’s Time magazine. In an article titled The Real-Life Boy Wizard, writer Lev Grossman notes, “At 15, Christopher Paolini created the...
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The History of a Homeschooling Magazine – continued
Continued from July 12: Long before I had children of my own I was telling people that mine weren’t ever going to school. People would smile condescendingly and let me explain why, and then they’d explain in return why not sending my someday-kids to school would be a very bad idea. Most experienced homeschoolers...
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The History of a Homeschooling Magazine
I was pretty little the first time I remember skipping school. I think it was the second grade, in the small town of Healdsburg, California, about 75 miles north of San Francisco. Every morning I walked about a mile to the Fitch Street Elementary School with my cousin Barbara – we’d skip along and...
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Writing about Homeschooling
I’ve been writing about homeschooling since 1983. That is, I’ve been writing about it professionally since then; my writings about families and children and learning – everything that comprises what we’ve come to know as homeschooling – go much, much farther back. I did a quick search of my name the other day and...
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- The Nov – Dec 2012 Check out excerptsKeeping the Parent-Teen Connection Strong Through Unschooling by Laurie A. Couture The natural state of adolescence is to be joyful, playful, social and connected to parents and community. Read to Me by Jennifer Walker The kids are still. They are silent. They are listening. They are beyond listening; Co-Parenting and Co-Schooling: by Michelle Barone Homesc […]
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- what are the long term ramifications of unschooling for our kids? an editorial discussion between HEM’s editor and publisherwhat are the long term ramifications of unschooling for our kids? an editorial discussion between HEM’s editor and publisher Barb: I’ve spent the last 30 years of my life wondering whether unschooling my kids would really make a difference in how they feel about themselves, their connection to others and society, their understanding of the human conditio […]
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- Iowa Homeschoolers WinIowa Homeschoolers WinIowa Republican‘a Kevin Hall reports: Iowa Legislature Passes Education Reform An education reform package passed 91-0 in the Iowa House and 40-10 in the senate. It included a handful of reforms that provide more freedom for homeschool educators. That includes eliminating annual reporting to the state, eliminating requirements for homes […]
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- Staying InformedStaying InformedThe issues facing homeschoolers today are fundamentally the same as 30 years ago when HEM was first published. While communication is easier the underlying social question is, can parents be trusted with their kids? Our political positions will support this answer in the affirmative. But this is not always the case nor is it always easy to un […]
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