screentime, Spanish, freedom

Karen James, 1/3 of the way down, "If I wasn't paying attention, and if I was afraid of the time Ethan spends at the computer, I would miss all of the creativity and learning happening. Worse still, Ethan might too, because my worry would become his burden."
http://sandradodd.com/screentime

Pam Sorooshian's 2011 article on child-led learning is new on my site en Español, with links to the translator's blog, and the original in English on Pam's blog.
http://sandradodd.com/spanish/childled

A chat transcript from May, on the topic of Freedom, is edited and ready to read at a new location for chat transcrips which Marta Pires is helping me set up.  We should be able to keep the colors on the names, from future chats (and some past)
http://chattranscripts.blogspot.com/2013/05/freedom_15.htmll

Stress, The Big Book of Unschooling, Screentime, feedback/apology

Stress is a problem.
http://sandradodd.com/stress

New review (new to the page) added about The Big Book of Unschooling, up top:
http://sandradodd.com/bigbook/

Screentime: How Google saved a calf's life (Alex Polikowsky, about the third item down)
http://sandradodd.com/screentime

New items on feedback, and a link to a large apology:
http://sandradodd.com/feedback/

Wonder, balancing food, "reality" tv

New item, fourth down on the left, Meredith Novak:
http://sandradodd.com/wonder

New stories at "How does it balance out?"
http://sandradodd.com/eating/balance

New page:
Unschoolers on Reality shows! Bad idea!!!
(Producers are making inquiries in at least two countries lately.)
http://sandradodd.com/problems/realityshows

the photo is by Colleen Prieto, and it is a link.

Unschooling kids and money; conference followup, LiTTLe2013

Usually I only put something in one place on my site, but Colleen Prieto's son, Robbie, did a cool thing, and her husband, Robert, said a great thing about it, and Colleen wrote it up sweetly. It's about his allowance.
Three at a blow:
http://sandradodd.com/generosity
http://sandradodd.com/math/allowance
http://sandradodd.com/unexpected

Follow-up page, LiTTLe Conference in Ashford Surrey, July 13-14, 2013
http://sandradodd.com/lttl2013

Eating sweets, feedback, benefits of... good stuff (and photos)

New by Rachel Kay, about children turning down sweets (and comment by Anna Black)
http://sandradodd.com/eating/sweets

New, lefthand, feedback, sweet:
http://sandradodd.com/feedback/

New photos, two, and writing some might've missed:
http://sandradodd.com/alwayslearning/benefit


Photo by Joyce Fetteroll, of her, Marta Pires and me.

Four continents, Rippy Dusseldorp, Letting go of old needs

Schuyler Waynforth, interviewed by Sandra Dodd
Unschooling in the World: Four Continents (longer version of a published interview)
http://sandradodd.com/hsc/interviews/schuyler

Rippy Dusseldorp has now been quoted on my site enough that she needs her own page:
http://sandradodd.com/rippy/

New translation linked on the transcript of a talk by Joyce Fetteroll. The translation is by Béatrice Mantovani.
Why You Can't Let Go / Pourquoi vous n’arrivez pas à lâcher prise
http://sandradodd.com/joyce/talk

Scary? Child-led problems, and skyping in the woods

Michelle Thedaker, on how hard it is to change (new page):
http://sandradodd.com/scary

Child-led learning (new page inspired by something Colleen Prieto wrote)
http://sandradodd.com/child-led

Screentime in the woods? Communicating in the real world. (addition, up top, Brie Jontry)
http://sandradodd.com/screentime

Phrases to avoid; a Portuguese conversation; FAQ

If you cater to his every whim, will he still throw a fit?
More on "whim," new on "to throw a fit."
http://sandradodd.com/phrases

Two new things in Portuguese. The first was never in English.
The second was translated by Marta Pires.

Uma Conversa Sobre o "Unschooling"...Em Português!
http://sandradodd.com/portuguese/exchange

Perguntas mais frequentes sobre o "unschooling" e respectivas respostas
http://sandradodd.com/portuguese/faq


The image is of sculpture in a pond at the Lady Bird Johnson wildflower center near Austin, and it is a link.

Respect; checklists (French); rights and freedoms

Added to the "Respect index"—two dozen "respect" quotes have been added.
http://sandradodd.com/respect/

French translation of Disposable Checklists for Unschoolers:
http://sandradodd.com/french/checklists

I've just added something to my page on divorce. It came up in old e-mail while I was searching for something different. I'm glad I came across it, so it could be saved. It's near the bottom here; you could search "more rights" to find it.
http://sandradodd.com/divorce
"Near the bottom" doesn't seem best in general, but that page has lots of really good things on it.

Part of the longer writing:

"An intact marriage/family has MANY more rights and freedoms than a split family involved with the court system."

Coaching kids on courtesy, Sewers, and a Minecraft Sewer

Coaching (Choices, Freedom, and other difficult ideas)
by Marta Pires, a collection of quotes, with commentary
http://sandradodd.com/coaching

A mom asked for ideas to help a child who was curious about and fascinated by sewers. Ideas flew!
http://sandradodd.com/sewer

Thomas Laferrière-Meloche visited a real sewer treatment plant, and made a video showing some of that and his minecraft sewers, with a sweet note at the end (near the bottom of that page).
http://sandradodd.com/videogames/minecraft

Minecraft, Inspiration, European tour, a Boxwood Tree

Beautiful account of love and learning, three paragraphs at the bottom of this page:
http://sandradodd.com/videogames/minecraft

"Who inspired you?"  Summary of responses in an intro round at the ALL Unschooling Symposium in Minnesota, May 2013:
http://sandradodd.com/inspiration

Update on European tour schedule! It's about to happen. I leave in two weeks.
http://speakingsandradodd.blogspot.com/p/europe-2013.html

One of my own early parenting inspirations, Lori Odhner, has expressed the wish to own a dogwood tree. That seems EASY! The difference in my life and marriage and relationship with my children that Lori made is HUGE compared to a tree. If any of you know Lori, or have reason to appreciate the help she gave me that I have passed on, take a peek at my project:
http://sandradodd.com/LoriOdhnerTree

The photo is a link. It's also Holly (whose name is changing to Doozy), on some 1960's stairs in the middle of a three-level store that once sold lamps and electric lighting, and now is a thrift shop.

Food as religion; Decisions; a kid and a melon

Food as religion? Upper right, box.
http://sandradodd.com/foodproblems.html

Decision making (new writing under the photo)
http://sandradodd.com/decisions

Bernadette Lynn, whose son chose the melon that was surrounded by sweets (third item):
http://sandradodd.com/eating/sweets