198: Should Children Be Responsible for Their Own Educations?

2023-10-17

Should children be responsible for their own educations? Or is that an irresponsible idea? This week, I’m exploring lots of questions including: Is learning an active activity that needs the learner’s cooperation? Is it impossible to force knowledge into a child without resorting to teaching methods that ultimately destroy their natural love of learning? Is forced learning real learning? Is it better to unschool and let children learn what’s important to them? But if we choose unschooling, will our kids, one day, accuse us of side-...

Should children be responsible for their own educations? Or is that an irresponsible idea?

This week, I’m exploring lots of questions including:

Is learning an active activity that needs the learner’s cooperation?
Is it impossible to force knowledge into a child without resorting to teaching methods that ultimately destroy their natural love of learning?

Is forced learning real learning?

Is it better to unschool and let children learn what’s important to them?

But if we choose unschooling, will our kids, one day, accuse us of side-stepping our duty and not providing them with a good education?

Show Notes

Please visit my blog, Stories of an Unschooling Family, to read my post, Who Should Be Responsible for a Child’s Education, the Parent or the Child? It contains today’s show notes.

My Unschooling Books

The Unschool Challenge: Kindle

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Curious Unschoolers: Kindle

Curious Unschoolers: paperback

Radical Unschool Love: Kindle

Radical Unschool Love: paperback

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