Empowering parents

  • Here’s The Thing – How Home Education Works & Why

    While driving along in the car today, I was thinking of a way to explain and encompass just how a Home Education really works and why. We give it that name but really what we’re referring to is the human right to thrive, grow and achieve. To fulfil a personal purpose and desire to obtain…

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  • Christmas Traditions

    Christmas Traditions

    Traditions are a wonderful part of being. They are there to remind us, to comfort us and to bring us continued joy as we smile on, watching our families recreate them. But…They are not rules.They can be left where they are, in our hearts and memories. Fondly residing in tales from when we were young.…

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  • Behind

    Behind

    There is no “behind” in home education. There is no one to be behind for a start! Just as it would be quite ridiculous to try to compare apples to oranges it is just so, comparing school to learning at home. All fruits, all children but totally different. The school model is recognised and acknowledged…

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  • Unschooled Teens

    Unschooled Teens

    Teenagers are wonderful and awkward and frustrating and amazing. They are impatient, emotional and kind. Still just as in need of us parents as ever before but in ways we couldn’t have prepared for. They no longer hang on our every word or think us super heroes. They need more sleep, more space and less…

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  • Being Fun

    Being Fun

    Sometimes as a parent I find myself sitting on the sofa almost unable to move because a) I feel depleted and b) because I have no inspiration. It comes and passes in phases. There and then not there. It can truly be hard at times to find the “Gee-up” button. Sandra Dodd’s words of encouragement…

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