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Talking To Your Child About Adoption

By joannegreco 168 days ago from http://foreverparents.blogspot.com

When you adopt a child at an older age, they come to you knowing they were adopted. But when you adopt an infant, you are the one who they get that information from. Most research suggests that a child who was adopted will  benefit from knowing early on and as they get older they will be able to understand more. Adoption sho

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Talking To A Homeschooled/Unschooled Child

By joannegreco 184 days ago from http://anunschoolinglife.blogspot.com

There was a discussion, on one of my unschooling e-mail groups, about how extended family members seem to have a hard time talking to a child when they can't talk about school. It's like the only questions anybody can think of to ask a kid is "what grade are you in?", "what's your favorite subject?" and "how are you doi

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Adoption and Breastfeeding

By joannegreco 178 days ago from http://foreverparents.blogspot.com

Much to many people's surprise, it is possible to breastfeed a child that was adopted. More and more women are choosing this as a way to promote bonding and to have the shared experience with their baby. Here, three members of our adoption forums share their experiences. Visit our adoption blog to join our forums or share your

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10 Adoption Profile Tips

By joannegreco 178 days ago from http://foreverparents.blogspot.com

One of our members, Lori Dowd of Best Light Adoption Profile Reviews shares these useful tips.

So what makes a profile work? I gathered anecdotal research from birthparents and adoption counselors. While each birthparent comes with a viewpoint as unique as a fingerprint, here are some commonalities I found in what attracts a

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Rewarding (Bribing) Children To Learn

By joannegreco 180 days ago from http://anunschoolinglife.blogspot.com

I'm not a fan of bribing children to learn. Even before we removed our children from school, I hated what message rewarding them with pizza parties, candy and money (yes, money), was sending to them. These "rewards" were held out in front the students like a dangling carrot, with the promise that it could be theirs if they l

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Oh My God: Girl Scouts And Religion

By joannegreco 182 days ago from http://foreverparents.blogspot.com

A situation regarding the expression "oh my god" came up during a girl scout camp that my daughter was attending. It opened up lots of discussions for my daughters about topics such as freedom of speech and religion. My daughters have always enjoyed Girl Scouts and I was disapointed when this issue came up. In the end, I thin

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My Five Best Homeschooling Tips

By joannegreco 184 days ago from http://anunschoolinglife.blogspot.com

I've been a a homeschooling (actually unschooling) mama since 2004 and there's never been a moment that I regret it or question if we made the right choice. I've learned some things along the way and I find myself constantly questioning my own thoughts on education, real learning and the school system. With that in mind, he

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Unschooling Voices: Index of Editions

By joannegreco 189 days ago from http://anunschoolinglife.blogspot.com

Unschooling Voices (unschooling carnival) is a monthly collection of writings (mainly from blogs) on the topic of unschooling. What is unschooling? It's a form of homeschooling that is done with out formal lessons or the use of a curriculim.

This page serves as as index to all the editions and gives all the details you'll

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What Is, And Isn't Unschooling

By joannegreco 189 days ago from http://anunschoolinglife.blogspot.com

Unschooling isn't so much a method, as it is a way of looking at learning. It's seeing the learning in everything. To me, it's much more than just dropping the curriculum, although that's an excellent place to start.

It's changing the way you view learning and education.

It isn't leaving your children to find their

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Deschooling For Parents

By joannegreco 191 days ago from http://anunschoolinglife.blogspot.com

In order for unschooling to work for us, I had to go through my own deschooling process, which was more deep rooted and tangled up than my kids deschooling was for them. Because I went to school longer than they had, and knowing the public school system from both as a student and as a parent, it was harder for me to look at edu

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Homeschooling And Socialization

By joannegreco 191 days ago from http://anunschoolinglife.blogspot.com

I have to laugh when someone, after finding out our kids don't go to school, asks about socialization. I'll never understand what one has to do with the other. Are they saying that when their children are not in school (like weekends or summer breaks) they're isolated from other children? Wow, I feel sorry for them. How sad

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Unschooling Voices #10

By joannegreco 260 days ago from http://anunschoolinglife.blogspot.com

The monthly unschooling blog carnival.
Unschooling Voices 10th edition.
Come check it out and take a peek into the lives of unschooling families.
Unschooling is a type of homeschooling where there are no formal lessons.
If you're interested in homeschooling or unschooling, this is a great way to read about many familie

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