Comments on: child-led living… http://paxye.com/blog/child-led-living/ My journey through motherhood being a black sheep in the parenting world... Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:43:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: mojavi http://paxye.com/blog/child-led-living/comment-page-1/#comment-1186 mojavi Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:01:28 +0000 http://paxye.com/blog/child-led-living/#comment-1186 your blog is like a breath of fresh air for me.. I am just loving reading it. I wish I had someone like you to hang out with lol!!! your blog is like a breath of fresh air for me.. I am just loving reading it. I wish I had someone like you to hang out with lol!!!

]]> By: Sara http://paxye.com/blog/child-led-living/comment-page-1/#comment-1176 Sara Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:18:13 +0000 http://paxye.com/blog/child-led-living/#comment-1176 Well said! I believe that there's a big difference between providing guidance and just being the boss. Noncoercive parenting is not exclusive of leading and guiding our children. They want our guidance, hopefully. Parents have natural authority by nature of our experience and the fact that we love our children and want the best for them--their happiness, confidence, etc. I call us unschoolers, if someone wants a word for our homeschool style, but unschooling means so many different things. I just mean that we don't make the kids do learning activities, lessons, or whatever. Although they do lots of learning activities and enjoy lessons. Well said! I believe that there’s a big difference between providing guidance and just being the boss. Noncoercive parenting is not exclusive of leading and guiding our children. They want our guidance, hopefully. Parents have natural authority by nature of our experience and the fact that we love our children and want the best for them–their happiness, confidence, etc. I call us unschoolers, if someone wants a word for our homeschool style, but unschooling means so many different things. I just mean that we don’t make the kids do learning activities, lessons, or whatever. Although they do lots of learning activities and enjoy lessons.

]]> By: Katherine http://paxye.com/blog/child-led-living/comment-page-1/#comment-1174 Katherine Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:41:42 +0000 http://paxye.com/blog/child-led-living/#comment-1174 Hey. I re found your blog from Annie's and I'm so glad. Furthermore, I loved this essay. We are unschoolers but not child led in the rest of our life. I'm actually kind of strict about boundaries and routines and manners. I think this makes my kids feel calm and safe. And because they are so calm and happy, they are such easy company. They know what to expect and how to act. Its not an opinion you hear very often, so thanks for writing it out. Cheers, Katherine Hey. I re found your blog from Annie’s and I’m so glad. Furthermore, I loved this essay. We are unschoolers but not child led in the rest of our life. I’m actually kind of strict about boundaries and routines and manners. I think this makes my kids feel calm and safe. And because they are so calm and happy, they are such easy company. They know what to expect and how to act.

Its not an opinion you hear very often, so thanks for writing it out.

Cheers, Katherine

]]> By: ~L~ http://paxye.com/blog/child-led-living/comment-page-1/#comment-1173 ~L~ Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:14:09 +0000 http://paxye.com/blog/child-led-living/#comment-1173 It shows! :) It shows! :)

]]> By: paxye http://paxye.com/blog/child-led-living/comment-page-1/#comment-1172 paxye Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:59:59 +0000 http://paxye.com/blog/child-led-living/#comment-1172 yes.... I read it a few years ago and it really impacted the way I thought... yes….
I read it a few years ago and it really impacted the way I thought…

]]> By: ~L~ http://paxye.com/blog/child-led-living/comment-page-1/#comment-1171 ~L~ Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:32:15 +0000 http://paxye.com/blog/child-led-living/#comment-1171 I really like what you had to say here. It is closer to how I think than I would have thought. Have you read the continuum concept? I really like what you had to say here. It is closer to how I think than I would have thought. Have you read the continuum concept?

]]> By: paxye http://paxye.com/blog/child-led-living/comment-page-1/#comment-1170 paxye Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:45:23 +0000 http://paxye.com/blog/child-led-living/#comment-1170 Annie... thank you so much for that post.... you really touch in depth what I wanted to say... Annie… thank you so much for that post…. you really touch in depth what I wanted to say…

]]> By: Annie http://paxye.com/blog/child-led-living/comment-page-1/#comment-1169 Annie Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:53:57 +0000 http://paxye.com/blog/child-led-living/#comment-1169 Great Post Paxye! You got me thinking about this topic a lot this morning so I wrote my own blog post on the topic. http://annie.paxye.com/ Great Post Paxye! You got me thinking about this topic a lot this morning so I wrote my own blog post on the topic. http://annie.paxye.com/

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