I have been writing poetry and longform poems of sorts for a while, purely for my own benefit. Putting something into words allows me to better process, and really understand an issue, particularly those which are emotional and stressful. I feel almost instantly lighter after I write, and would encourage anyone to give it a […]
Recently my daughter has stopped calling me mummy, preferring instead to shorten it to mum. My sentimental pangs aside, to me this is another way in which she is asserting her independence and her ownership of the world. She’s assigning the names she feels fit, and thus making things her own, rather than parroting names […]
My daughter has recently turned three. And already I’m facing “that” question about my plans not to send her into mainstream schooling. “Aren’t you worried about her socialising?” “How will she socialise if she’s not in school?” “Don’t you think you’ll make her miss out on loads of time socialising with friends?” No, I’m not […]
I am a single mum to a three year old daughter. Before my daughter was born, I knew she wouldn’t be attending “school” in the traditional sense. But it wasn’t until I read an article about unschooling that I understood that that was the path we were going to follow. Having been schooled traditionally myself, […]
Unconditional Unschooling 