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"As a society, we must own up to the damage we do to our children...in our families and in our schools. We must also be willing to make the sweeping changes in our institutions, public policies and personal lives that are necessary to reverse that harm to our children and to our society." ~ Wendy Priesnitz, Editor

The Mother He Needs by Sarah E. Parent
My son needs support, patience, kindness, regard for his positive intent and disregard for the expectations of others. This is the kind of mother I will be – the kind that he needs to grow in the light of love and support, to grow and experience self-confidence, learning in joy and taking on challenges in his own brilliant way. Read more.
Labels and Finding Our Tribe by Wendy Priesnitz
Describing ourselves and our families’ lives via precise words such as "unschooling," "radical unschooling," "life learning," "feminist" or "environmentalist" is not about labeling, one-up-manship or peer group pressure. It’s about finding our tribe. It’s about identifying with like-minded people in a world of other-minded ones. Read more.
Decentralizing Educational Authority by Ron Miller
Education should be an intimate human encounter between caring elders and young people with their own aspirations and potentials. Our schools don't provide that, but unschooling and some democratic schools do. Read more.
The Educator's Secret and Modern Stupidity by Daniel Grego
Several years ago, a distraught mother who knew I was an “educator” called me in tears. She had just come from a parent/teacher conference where she had been informed by her son’s kindergarten teacher that he was “four months behind.” (In kindergarten!) She imagined her son’s future possibilities slipping away and hoped I could give her some advice, or at least some sympathy. “Is there anything I can do for him?” she wondered. Read more.