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Hi, I'm an unschooling parent. Cheers to SR for making this forum and giving us another home Smile
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Welcome to SS!

As you may have notice, we're very nice,relaxed and somewhat insane(put nicely).
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Lol... Don't let us turn you off. You'll see what I mean once you read some of the forum.

How do you unschool your child? Do you give him/her any kind of structure? What do they like to do and how do you facilitate it?
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You've heard of http://www.khanacademy.org right? If not, check it out, he can freely explore the site and it's good for homeschoolers.

https://diy.org/explore is also awesome.
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Welcome Biggrin

You sound interesting.

So you've been unschooling for 2 1/2 years, what were you guys doing before that?
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If only all parents cared as much. Others are more willing to trust the holy words of the educational system.
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