#unschooling — Public Fediverse posts

I experienced parenthood as a gauntlet of having to choose between honoring my children's autonomy and needs, and people pleasing.

This interview with Supriya made me reflect back on the last decade of my parenting journey, and how terrifying those early years were. There's a period of time where people are kind if your baby cries, and then a long stretch where a child's every public meltdown is the parent's fault and shame comes strong and fast from all directions.

And then, you learn how to prevent meltdowns and co-regulate but they mostly require setting boundaries. And once you start setting boundaries, the judgement comes at you even more.

Not to mention what happens after--trying to build your own communities of people who trust kids, and all the mess and conflict of community building.

Supriya, like my previous interview with Sue, is "just a mom"--and has a lot to say about that framing.

https://untanglingourselves.com/episode/9bb1d62c/shifting-to-trust-with-supriya-narang

#unschooling #coregulation #feminism

"Trotz mancher Rückschläge und finanzieller Herausforderungen, die unser klares Bekenntnis zu demokratischen Werten und der Abgrenzung gegenüber extremistischen Strömungen mit sich brachte, gehen wir diesen Weg weiter – gestärkt durch Solidarität, kreative Lösungen und den unermüdlichen Einsatz aller Beteiligten."

https://septre.de/de/blog/posts/neues-jahr-neues-festival/

#Septré #Bildungsvielfalt #Freilernen #Freilerner #Homeschooling #Unschooling

"Das Septré Festival steht für alternative Bildungswege, gesellschaftspolitischen Diskurs und kulturellen Austausch. Wir lieben Diversität, leben Respekt und stehen für den unerschütterlichen Glauben an die Kraft der Gemeinschaft."

https://septre.de/de/blog/posts/neues-jahr-neues-festival/

#Septré #Bildungsvielfalt #Freilernen #Freilerner #Homeschooling #Unschooling

Mehr zur grundsätzlichen Ausrichtung und Idee des Festivals ist in diesem Blogbeitrag beschrieben: https://septre.de/de/blog/posts/back-to-the-roots-und-auf-zu-neuen-ufern/

#Bildungsvielfalt, #Freilerner, #Schulpflicht, #Kinderrechte, #Adultismus, #Homeschooling, #Unschooling, #Montessori

Topics include: #unschooling #childism #neurodivergence #decolonizing #climate #DisabilityJustice #TransRights #immigrationjustice #HAES #DonorConceivedPeople and #freepalestine

In person I'm a #recoveringacademic and #UnitarianUniversalist practicing #FeministTheory outside the corporate university.

For fun I bake, cook #vegetarian one-pot meals with whatever vegetable is in season, and sing in #choir.

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