Dads, eating in peace, abundance, benefits

Lefthand, halfway down, James on formal education and unschooling
http://sandradodd.com/dads

New (third item) on eating in peace:
http://sandradodd.com/eating/peace
I wasn't sure where to put it. I don't have a page on sad stories (nor do I want one), and there's a joy to it to, in a way.

New (second item) on abundance:
http://sandradodd.com/abundance/

Unexpected Benefits
New article, 4/30/10 in Life Learning Magazine (online magazine)
http://www.lifelearningmagazine.com/1006/index.htm (by subscription)
A sound file of a presentation of similar material will be added to the site soon.

Online chats in French, and in English

chatzy.com/unschooling Password/le mot de passe: goodidea

Upcoming chats:

en français

Discussions en ligne en français sur le thème du unschooling
les lundi de 9h à 10h heure du Québéc (15h à 16h heure de France)
et les mercredi de midi à 13h (18h à 19h heure de France)
Beatrice Mantovani


In English:

Monday 3:00-5:00 Mountain Daylight time
Friday 10:00-noon Mountain Daylight time
SandraDodd.com/chats/regular

New Interview, Sugar, Deb Lewis, TV, Connections

Deb Lewis comments on whether people can or cannot choose freely to eat something sweet:
http://sandradodd.com/eating/sugar
and so a link to that page was added to the Deb Lewis page
http://sandradodd.com/deblewis

Unexpected learning from TV, longterm report
http://sandradodd.com/t/learning

New Interview:
To make up for a wildly unfair commentary on this site, one of the editors spoke with me by phone for half an hour, and then gave me a list of questions based on that conversation. Except for the intro, title and questions, it's my writing.
http://www.momlogic.com/2010/04/why_i_unschooled_my_three_kids.php

On the Thinking Sticks blog the format has been changed so that each article has suggestions for other links within the site, and the left sidebar starts off with the blogs of unschoolers. I've added some other blogs. If you know of a good blog by a radical unschooler that's not there, let me know. Thanks!
http://thinkingsticks.blogspot.com

Coming in May, an article-version of a talk I've given two and a half times called variously Unforeseen Benefits of Unschooling or Unexpected Benefits of Unchooling. I wrote it for Life Learning Magazine, which isn't published on paper anymore, but is a subscription online (or printable PDF) magazine. Click the advance-cover image for a table of contents for the upcoming issue.

"If only..."; divorce; new quote; Kirby

A new bit here:
http://sandradodd.com/ifonly

Some adjustment here:
http://sandradodd.com/divorce

New quote added to random quote generator here:
http://sandradodd.com/unschooling


The quote:
I can spend my energy on limiting my child's world so that he will be safe and happy or I can spend my energy on helping my child learn the skills to navigate our world himself so that he will be safe and happy. I think the latter has a better chance of success in the long term. —Eva Witsel

http://sandradodd.com/quotes
(It's in there, too.)

Two new things on the Kirby page to back up all of the above:
http://sandradodd.com/kirby
http://sandradodd.com/kirby/review
The first has notes on a comic for which Kirby's appearance and name are lifted (changed a bit, but based on Kirby).
The second is a place to collect unschooling-related notes, starting with something I wrote about a presentation he gave in Arizona last year. He'll be at the HSC conference in Sacramento in August, helping me with a workshop or two, and being on the young adult panel.

Protection, Nest, Chat

People protect their children from what? How?
http://sandradodd.com/protect

Addition to Building an Unschooling Nest, by Joanna Murphy
http://sandradodd.com/nest

Improved Chat Room Entry:
http://sandradodd.com/room

The chat topic on Friday, April 15, 2010 will be helping our older teen/young adult unschoolers with their traveling and adventures.

toy guns, science, "Revolution in a Box"

New images (slide show, lower right) on Peaceful Kids with Toy Guns
http://sandradodd.com/peace/guns

Scientific playing of video games (new link, top:)
http://sandradodd.com/videogames/

New link on TV page, to "Revolution in a Box," first link, bottom right, on outside links:
http://sandradodd.com/tv

(Thanks for that link to Colleen Paeff, and for the other news and photos to Crystal Miller.)

Sound Files from San Diego conference in 2009

With the permission of Flo Gascon, organizer of the Good Vibrations Unschooling Conference, the following 2009 recordings are made available to hear on my site. Each has the description of the talk from the conference site, and the biography of the speaker at that time. I'm really glad these details and images won't be lost when that site is gone!

Unschooling and Math, Pam Sorooshian

Roya Repeating Herself, Roya Sorooshian

Connections, Sandra Dodd

Transformations, Sandra Dodd

In Pursuit of a Passionate Life, Jeff Sabo

Teen and Young Adult Panel, Ronnie Maier, Moderator

Radical Thoughts for Radical Unschoolers, Miranda Demarest

Writey-Drawey, "If only...", spanking,

As a footnote to a facebook post where Kelly Lovejoy asked Holly Dodd about a game Holly mentioned, ended up making a page of instructions and samples of a pencil and paper game, writey-drawey:
http://sandradodd.com/writey

A quote with a link to a longer piece of writing, on the page about regret for not unschooling sooner:
http://sandradodd.com/ifonly

Added a note and link about the harm of spanking or punishment, from Lori, on the Always Learning list:
http://sandradodd.com/s/stop

Also added to that page: a link to the No More Spanking discussion list, run by an unschooler:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NoMoreSpanking/ yes... but removed it when yahoogroups dropped their archives

I'll be speaking in Quebec and in New Jersey, in June

Tentative but likely:
June 4, afternoon or evening, Montreal
http://www.montrealhomelearners.ca/

For sure!
June 7-10, Great Big Happy Life Unschoolers' Conference Retreat
Camp Vacamas - West Milford, New Jersey
http://www.greatbighappylife.com/

Hitting, Destruction, Attitude

I was looking for a place to save a quote from Jill (from the chat), and some discussion about children hitting and throwing things. I searched for "hit" in the place where posts can be edited, and only found these:
Biscochitos, and Hitler
http://sandradodd.com/bizcochitos
http://sandradodd.com/hitler.html
I should add photos to the bizcochitos.

But here's where the other things went:
http://sandradodd.com/destructive
and
http://sandradodd.com/attitude, which has enough links to keep anyone busy for an hour or three, so don't forget your kids.

(gratuitous photo of my daughter Holly with Bea Mantovani's daughter Linnea)

Priorities, Principles, TV, Breathing

Something new by Joyce Fetteroll, at the bottom of a page you might not have seen at all (or lately):
http://sandradodd.com/priorities

Principles (It's not just another word for "rules"!)
http://sandradodd.com/chats/rules

Direct effects of watching television (new writing by Deb Lewis, at the bottom):
http://sandradodd.com/t/whatif.html
and that reminds me of Jacki's daughter Hannah's experience, in the box at right on this page:
TV, Learning, Choices and FOOD—How Unschoolers Watch TV
http://sandradodd.com/t/holly
If the photo has been used before, it deserves to be seen again!

Two things on breathing:

Schuyler Waynforth's account of learning, in Japan when her children were very young, the value of learning to calm herself:
http://sandradodd.com/breathing (bottom of the page)
and the transcript of a chat on breathing
http://sandradodd.com/chats/breathing

Sleep, Teens, My Little Pony & Science

There's a peaceful, warm new image on the sleep directory page, lower right, with a link to its home:
http://sandradodd.com/sleep

Following a question concerning people taking teens out of high school to unschool there right near the end, other ideas and links were added here:
http://sandradodd.com/teen/latertounschooling

How playing with My Little Pony inspired a career in science:
http://sandradodd.com/mylittlepony