NEW TO THE SITE, but not new. Rescued. Unschooling and other Marvels https://sandradodd.com/marvel Questions from a young mom and answers from an unschooling friend. https://sandradodd.com/questionsNancyWooton Confronting Jitters—Joyce Fetteroll https://sandradodd.com/joyce/jitters photo (a link) by Cathy Koetsier ..read more

"Montana to Italy via Godzilla" Interview of Deb Lewis, by Sandra Dodd, finally formatted fully with photos and current links. It's been on the site, but was dusty and never announced. Now it's spiffed up and (was always) worth reading. SandraDodd.com/hsc/interviews/deblewis/ photo (a link to "Penguins and Saturn"), by Theresa Larson ..read more

Pets—several additions, new info on horses https://sandradodd.com/pets Happy new page on positivity, with quotes, links and images https://sandradodd.com/positivity The "better" page is better: https://sandradodd.com/better photo (a link) by Gail Higgins ..read more

Who Inspired You? two new stories added at SandraDodd.com/inspiration "What can I say to doubters and critics?" (This page isn't new, but wasn't announced before.) https://sandradodd.com/school/say Additions to the page on what might happen without structure: https://sandradodd.com/structure Just finished (started and then misplaced it): Moving (making it easier) https://sandradodd.com/moving photo (a link) by Sandra Dodd ..read more

Lyle Perry wrote a definition of unschooling that was worth a new page: https://sandradodd.com/lyle/definition The clearest reason ever to abandon the term "screentime" https://sandradodd.com/screentime/not.html photo (a link) by Karen James ..read more

Added to the page "Building an Unschooling Nest," today: Sandra, in 2005, to someone who described her son's BEAUTIFUL day, and asked if she should be doing more. If there's a party at your house and there's enough food, there's toilet paper in the bathroom, the trash isn't overflowing and each guest is smiling or laughing, could you do more? LIKE WHAT? Let partying dogs dance! Things will change from time to time, and there will be lulls and slow days, but much of what you name up above DID involve your "doing." I'll write more later, but Keith and Holly want me to get in the hot tub with th ..read more

Unannounced before: Kids' songs, children's folklore, things passed down (Alison's kids demonstrate a game; I sing) sandradodd.com/history/folklore.html When Kids Don't Know the Old Way (about food, and "the right answers) sandradodd.com/eating/humor Not a new page, but newly polished and announced. Added an image and note to the Perspective page. photo (a link) by Sandra Dodd ..read more

Additions to these existing pages (and one new page, related to a couple of those): When Parents Have Issues (added "People can't casually deschool, stretch, fart, snooze, yawn..." https://sandradodd.com/issues/ "Two directions, about school (both Sandra)" added to https://sandradodd.com/school/ New page, on problems with not getting a good start: https://sandradodd.com/unschool/badly Part of what's on the new page (above) is quoted at "DO IT!" https://sandradodd.com/doit photo (a link) by Roya Dedeaux ..read more

Added two sparkler photos (and commentary, and links) https://sandradodd.com/sparklers ...to a page I had never ever tried to announce. Added a couple of stories to a page about kids making connections: Once you start looking for connections... https://sandradodd.com/connections/example photo (a link) by Janine Davies ..read more

New in 2023, about something very old https://sandradodd.com/writing/small I remodeled a page by Shan Burton, with photos about moving from rules to enjoyment of food and of eating: Food and Assumptions...A True Unfettering! https://sandradodd.com/eating/childhood New page, 2023, on moving above and beyond the idea of "junk food" https://sandradodd.com/eating/junk ↑ NEEDS MORE LINKS ↑ photo (a link) by ..read more