My Unschooling Writing

I love unschooling, love what this wonderful lifestyle has done for me personally, and I really love writing about unschooling.  So here is a collection of a bunch of stuff I've written about unschooling, both on this blog and elsewhere!

Introductory Unschooling:

Unschooling 101
Unschooling 

Answering Unschooling Questions, Dealing With Unschooling Concerns:

My Response to Some Unschooling Questions and Concerns
Unschooling Questions 
Misconceptions About Unschooling 
The Need For Schooling
Unschooling: A "Hands Off" Approach?
Struggling With Unschooling Negativity
Unschooling Creates "Gaps in Education" 
5 Things Unschooling Is Not, and 5 Things Unschooling Is
Unschooling Isn't Parental Manipulation, It's Genuinely Respecting Children as People
"What Do Unschoolers DO?" 
Blame Unschooling!
On Being an Academic (Or Not!) 
Why is Unschooling so Fringe? 
The Ignorant Commenters Strike Again: "But You Have to Learn to Get Along With People You Don't Like!"
Breaking News: Unschoolers Not as Good at School as Schooled People 
Unschooling: Are We Teaching Ourselves? 
Unschooling and Trust

Family Life and My Personal Story:

How I Came to be an Unschooler
Growing Up Unschooled...With Siblings 
Unschooling is Learning From Everything 

Specific Subjects:

How I Learned to Read and Write
Sex and Drugs: An Unschoolers Perspective
Unschooling and Access to Media
The Necessity of Shakespeare
School-Free Learning and Religion
Storytelling: An Art With Many Forms, or Why TV Shows Are Cool
How I Learned to Write (It Involved a Lot of Reading!)
Teenage Rebellion: An Unschooling, Respectfully Parented Perspective 

"Socialization" and Similar Things:

The Myth of "Social Awkwardness" Among Homeschoolers & Unschoolers

Terminology and Definitions

Unschooling is Not Relaxed Homeschooling
"Unschooling": Good Term, or Bad?
Teaching vs. Learning
Some More Thoughts on Teaching and Learning
The Term "Homeschooling" Sucks

The Unschooling Community, Unschooling Publicity:

Unschooling Gets Publicity...In a BIG Way!
Unschooling Publicity in Montreal
Unschooling in the News
Unschooling Gatherings

Miscellaneous Unschooling, Parenting, and Youth Rights:

Bare Feet and Learning Connections (on Enjoy Life Unschooling)
Why I Think Unschooling is the Best Option... For Everyone.
The Cons of Unschooling
A Few Thoughts About Unschooling
On Being "Childish"
What Life Looked Like Today
The Worth of Mud
A Parental Right?
Homeschooling Doesn't Mean Your Kids Will be Like You 

Respectful and Attachment Parenting:

Curfews: Is There a Better Way?
Musings on the "Normal" Raising of Babies

Anti-School:

The Hidden Curriculum and the Truth About Schooling

Post Series'

Why People Don't Get Unschooling #1: Don't Trust Yourself!

Speeches

Unschooling is Forever (given at the Toronto Unschooling Conference)
Against the Current  (given at the Toronto Unschooling Conference)
Including these sections:
  • Introduction
  • Normalcy is for Squares
  • Finding Community
  • Mother Culture
  • Expectations of Greatness
  • Dealing with the Here and Now
  • Conclusion

Interviews & Questionnaires:

Interview With An Unschooler on Make it Education That Promotes Intellectual Curiosity (from Dec/01/08)
20 Unschooling Questions: Idzie from Montreal, QC, Canada on Do Life Right (from Jul/29/09) 
Unschooled for Life: Idzie's View on Radio Free School (from Apr/14/10)
Life Learning: An Unschooler's Perspective on Connected Mom Magazine (June/08/10)

Reviews of Unschooling Books:

For The Sake of Our Children by Leandre Bergeron
The Teenage Liberation Handbook by Grace Llewellyn
101 Reasons Why I'm an Unschooler by ps pirro

Writing About Unschooling Conferences and Gatherings I've Been Too:

Not Back to School Camp 2008
The Unschoolers Winter Waterpark Gathering 2009
The Northeast Unschooling Conference 2009
Not Back to School Camp 2009
The Unschoolers Winter Waterpark Gathering 2010