tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12510183.post5385216560520947932..comments2024-02-06T16:06:25.170-07:00Comments on Sandra Dodd: Questions I could use help answeringSandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12510183.post-45784018341925384742008-05-31T09:57:00.000-06:002008-05-31T09:57:00.000-06:00It does feel pretty good. Thank you, Shell and ot...It does feel pretty good. Thank you, Shell and others, for helping me help!Sandra Doddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12510183.post-24253320951783479232008-05-31T02:45:00.000-06:002008-05-31T02:45:00.000-06:00Thank goodness for you... I had no ideas you were ...Thank goodness for you... I had no ideas you were helping school kids online as well as unschooled. <BR/><BR/>A young boy;s life might be radically changed because of your input- how cool is that! We did a survey about un/homeschooling for someone's phd- the lady kindly said because of my answers she and her dh are definitely going to be unschooling their baby...I made a difference to someone I only know via e-mail- I feel pleased about that :0) I can't imagine how good you feel helping soooo many people all the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12510183.post-23540864988933256962008-05-21T13:09:00.000-06:002008-05-21T13:09:00.000-06:00I figure staying ANYwhere during the hours the mom...I figure staying ANYwhere during the hours the mom works (which might not be "school hours" and which won't need to be "school hours" if she ceases to use school to babysit) would be fine. And if he's homeschooled, why by someone else? There are tons of hours in the week. Learning does NOT work better between 8:30 and 3:00 weekdays, and compulsory attendance has crawled its way from the ages of 5 to 18 in some places, learning works way WORSE during those hours, on average.<BR/><BR/>If school's being used as daycare, maybe joyful, non-harmful daycare can be found and unschooling can be added and the mom will have way more flexibility about when to work.Sandra Doddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12510183.post-19708441857977575642008-05-20T22:33:00.000-06:002008-05-20T22:33:00.000-06:00How about contacting local homeschoolers and seein...How about contacting local homeschoolers and seeing if anyone is interested in a little income in return for watching the boy during the times she has to work?<BR/><BR/>I know some states will allow people to "homeschool" other people's kids without jumping through hurdles. We often refer to them as cottage schools here in Indiana.Meg_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02159066444833263067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12510183.post-37249518983954364732008-05-20T21:44:00.000-06:002008-05-20T21:44:00.000-06:00I have this clarification from the mom quoted abov...I have this clarification from the mom quoted above: "He's seven and in first grade and very smart and usually bored."Sandra Doddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12510183.post-50012628662045782102008-05-20T20:04:00.000-06:002008-05-20T20:04:00.000-06:00I'm curious what she does for work and if there is...I'm curious what she does for work and if there is any flexibility at all there. When we began this journey I was not working but things being as they are we both need to work. I thought for sure that we would have to send ours to school but we have worked out schedules that make it possible for someone to be with them all the time.singingfamilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05965924313396482121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12510183.post-70206265895594702262008-05-20T14:19:00.000-06:002008-05-20T14:19:00.000-06:00Oh right! The other e-mail. I parked that one at...Oh right! The other e-mail. I parked that one at Unschooling.info, because it seemed workable there.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://unschooling.info/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1900" REL="nofollow">http://unschooling.info/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1900</A> <BR/><BR/>The e-mail began:<BR/><BR/>Hello. I stumbled upon your Unschooling website by accident as a link to your morning glories page (they're lovely, by the way). I have recently married, and have planned to homeschool my children (when they finally come). I am intrigued by this concept of "unschooling", as it is very different from my own upbringing, which I do not wish to copy with my own children. I have not read enough to say I understand it completely by any means, and I have been left with many questions, and not as many answers....Sandra Doddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com