Food Freedom in Action
I wrote recently about our journey to Food Freedom. Tonight after a bit of Valentine’s Day food fun, I realised it was a good example of what I was talking about before, so here is a snapshot of Food...
View ArticleDo “Violent” Games Make People Violent?
I am a pacifist, yet my children have all played with toy guns, swords, and now “violent video games”. Yes, the two things can go together! My children are not me! They have their own interests and...
View ArticleA Gamer Self-Limits
My 13yo son is passionate (and I mean VERY passionate) about computers. Initially we thought he would follow a path towards the practical side, building his own computer, etc, and so we got a couple of...
View ArticleFood that says, “I Love You”
Today my daughter, who is ten, said that she wanted to make me some special food and that it was going to be a big surprise. She asked me to take her to the local supermarket to purchase supplies,...
View ArticleRadical Unschooling and Food
I was thinking, tonight, while preparing green quiche and salad for dinner, about how the principles of unschooling actually apply to food, in the simplest of terms. I mean, I get that they do, and...
View ArticleGaming Helps Bullied Kid
Bullying is never, never, never okay. But neither is it black and white. It is not a simple case of “bullies are bad, victims are good”. Bullies are usually people who are hurting badly, themselves,...
View ArticleRadical Unschooling Rules
Radical unschooling isn’t a set of rules to follow. It’s what happens when you rethink rules and start living by principles, when you stop forcing arbitrary restrictions and limits on kids and start...
View ArticleConnecting Devices
You know that meme that was going around challenging people to place all phones, iPods etc on the table when eating out at a restaurant, and the first one to pick up the phone had to pay the bill?...
View ArticleHelp is on the Way
Life has been pretty stressful lately. We decided not very long ago to move interstate, because we need to move out of our house anyway, and because it would be nice to spend some time living closer to...
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