tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180761931960050104.post8559319005275532892..comments2023-10-17T01:35:03.583-07:00Comments on A Year Without School: Day 11 -We Are UnschoolersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180761931960050104.post-91238947096772338282014-04-24T11:32:26.258-07:002014-04-24T11:32:26.258-07:00I agree - I think using the model of God as our fa...I agree - I think using the model of God as our father and our closest friend should be our goal. But when our children are young, they need someone to be responsible and choose the best path for them. As they get older, we can begin to be more of a friend and less of a parent. Angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06385996482689609536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180761931960050104.post-21470100301595888252013-01-12T11:03:38.544-08:002013-01-12T11:03:38.544-08:00Thanks for the Sandra Dodd article. I will check i...Thanks for the Sandra Dodd article. I will check it out! YOu are not the first message I've got today concerning the "friend" comment! LOL. It's just that I grew up in a home where my mom tried to be my friend and didn't parent me much and it hurt me, I think. So, I'm leery of the purely friend idea. :-(MBHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05088040534221864905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180761931960050104.post-33040077608819329532013-01-12T09:59:37.530-08:002013-01-12T09:59:37.530-08:00Unschooling is wonderful, isn't it? :) Thank y...Unschooling is wonderful, isn't it? :) Thank you for sharing! It also was so freeing when I found it. My oldest was three though, and we are "radical unschoolers" so I actually found the parenting part of it really appealing and then eventually came to believe in the educational part of it. I used to parent with the statement in mind "You're their parent, not their friend" until I read this: http://sandradodd.com/friend Now I consider it one of my primary responsibilities as a parent to be the best friend I can be to my children.My Feminine Mindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09595148905728912326noreply@blogger.com