Gaming Facebook Live Resources
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by Rachel Miller
3y ago
Rachel Miller & Shannon Stoltz will host a Facebook Live in the Texas Unschoolers Group on Monday, November 9th to talk about Gaming. The replay will be available to watch in the group. We plan to cover: What are they learning? It’s what they want to do all day! How do I support them? When all they want to talk about is… Working towards win/win What to do when they are grumpy If y’all haven’t “met” us previously, Rachel is the admin & content creator for the Texas Unschoolers Facebook Page, the main moderator in the Texas Unschoolers Group, and a veteran unschool ..read more
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Deschooling Facebook Live Resources
Texas Unschoolers
by Rachel Miller
3y ago
Rachel Miller & Shannon Stoltz will host a Facebook Live on Monday, October 26th at 3pm CST for a talk about Deschooling. This will be in the Texas Unschoolers Group. What is Deschooling? Why is Deschooling necessary? How long does Deschooling take? What does Deschooling look like? What do we DO while we’re Deschooling? How do we combat doubts? If y’all haven’t “met” us previously, Rachel is the admin & content creator for the Texas Unschoolers Facebook Page, the main moderator in the Texas Unschoolers Group, and a veteran unschooling mom to two teens. Her favorite topics are gaming ..read more
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My Child is Having a Hard Time
Texas Unschoolers
by Rachel Miller
3y ago
A common Unschooling question, especially lately, is “What do I do when my child is having a hard time?”  or “How do I respond when they’re melting down?” It’s so hard to see our kids struggling. It helps me keep calm to remember some things when our kids are having a hard time: A. They are kids. They are not supposed to know how to handle what life throws at them. They only do the best they can with whatever skills/tools they’ve learned so far. And that’s only if they remember them in a time of crisis (which even adults miss the mark on often enough). B. Me freaking out/panicking/yelling ..read more
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Connecting With Your Unschooler When They Are Awake All Night
Texas Unschoolers
by Rachel Miller
3y ago
For those of us who have a child whose sleep schedule has shifted to being awake all night and asleep through most of the day (this is especially prolific in teens*) – it may feel like we’re disconnected from them. Especially if, before this shift happened, we were able to regularly and consistently connect & hang out with them during the day. It helps to think of new ways that you can gather and to recognize the “unofficial” ways you may already be naturally connecting. For our son, now 17, he’s spent much of his life as a night person – so we’ve had a lot of time to settle into various r ..read more
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Gaming Addiction
Texas Unschoolers
by Rachel Miller
3y ago
I’ve been participating in discussion groups with Unschoolers for many years.  One of the most popular topics and areas of concern for those new to Radical Unschooling is visual media, specifically gaming.  A common objection to gaming is the potential for addiction. Clinically speaking, addiction is defined as:  a primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory and related circuitry. Dysfunction in these circuits leads to characteristic biological, psychological, social and spiritual manifestations. This is reflected in an individual pathologically pursuing reward ..read more
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Bedtimes
Texas Unschoolers
by Rachel Miller
3y ago
Setting bedtimes is a common discussion point and it seems to be especially polarizing. When parents are ill, pregnant, or just tired from life – it can be tempting to institute strict bedtimes. Here’s a recent reply I gave about how to honor & respect the needs of the parents and our Unschoolers. While specifically replying to an inquiry about pregnancy, some of these are ideas I used during lengthy recovery from surgery. This is not a “how to” – it’s to help readers think of possible solutions. Asking for quiet or rest times – isn’t the same as demanding a child sleep when they are not t ..read more
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Tests Don’t Determine Whether Unschooling Is A Success
Texas Unschoolers
by Rachel Miller
3y ago
One of our members came across an article, titled “Unschooling Isn’t The Answer to Education Woes – It’s The Problem” where Forbes contributor Natalie Wexler shares her thoughts and concerns about not only the documentary Unschooled, but current school methodologies as well.  For a large portion of the article Wexler conflates Unschooling with COVID-forced-school-at-home. Preface – I’ll use Unschoolers/Self-directed learners interchangeably, they’re equivalent in this discussion. This isn’t a comprehensive examination of the article, but the biggest things I took away are ..read more
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Why Are You Still Sending Your Kids To School?
Texas Unschoolers
by Rachel Miller
3y ago
What do you do if school isn’t a good fit for your child? The opening of Blake Boles’ new book, Why Are You Still Sending Your Kids to School? might seem a bit opportunistic given the current state of public education enacted by pandemic policies.  However, not only has this book been in the works long before COVID became common vernacular (I can show you my receipt that I pre-ordered in January) but this is a topic near & dear to Boles for nearly two decades.   Additionally, what the closing of local public schools has brought to light is something that many students a ..read more
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Creating Abundance During Scarcity
Texas Unschoolers
by Rachel Miller
3y ago
“Scarcity” vs “creating abundance” is something we talk about a lot in Unschooling. Those new to Unschooling often can’t conceive of the paradigm shift to where things are “unlimited”. Where we don’t put *arbitrary* limits on gaming, TV, internet, reading, types of food, amount of food, etc. I think in the past few weeks, we’ve been witness to an extreme version of what happens when people even *perceive* that a shortage of something is possible. They run, they hoard, they become rude & ruthless, and some even try to find ways around the system to get even more. It’s a version of this that ..read more
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Why are they watching YouTube all day?
Texas Unschoolers
by Rachel Miller
3y ago
This is a pretty common question, not only among Unschoolers, but parents in general.  There are a lot of reasons our children watch YouTube or Twitch.  For something like watching other kids play with toys, unboxing, or game play ~ it’s often about better understanding the product. Sometimes that doesn’t directly translate to the same product in your home, but they still “file away” that information for later. I kind of equate it to something like Pinterest. I may “pin” or save ideas or pictures.  Am I going to turn my under-the-stairs-closet into a home library ..read more
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