We’re just now feeling our regular, joyful familial groove return from our time spent gorging on connection, freedom of mind and space, and the annual quintessential family reunion we call The Rethinking Everything Conference. There are a great many ideas, situations, and conversations on which to reflect and I will continue to analyze [...]
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In anticipation of our upcoming sessions, Barb Lundgren of The Rethinking Everything Conference interviews Sarah and Chris Parent about living a mobile life!
Since our family took to the road in July of 2010, there has been an overwhelming response from old and new friends alike. In this interview, we share some [...] We all want what’s best for our children, don’t we? The answer is ‘yes‘. Even parents whose short-term motives and tactics I question have the same long-term goal – healthy, well-adjusted, caring, ’successful’ adults (we can debate the qualities of this last one some other time). When we were transitioning our suburban life to one on [...] Coloring Outside the Lines Some invest heavily
Yes, it’s almost here! Chris and I are once again thrilled to be a part of this amazing, life changing, growth experience so aptly renamed the Rethinking Everything Conference. We are prepared to enlighten and be enlightened, connect, grow, challenge, be challenged, inspire, expand, and have TONS of fun! I can [...] My kids love to watch PBS. Fetch with Ruff Ruffman and Cyberchase are two of their favorite shows. And they learn alot from them. I must admit, so do I! For the most part, we find the minimal advertising that PBS presents innocuous. There’s a newish ad that they are running that burns my kids [...]
“I am youth! I am joy! I am freedom!” sang Peter Pan, as he flew through the air across the stage avoiding Captain Hook’s grasp with each pass. As I sat this morning in Casa Manana Children’s Theatre enjoying another spectacular play, I noted once again with interest how often undertones and flat-out overtones of [...]
Photo Credit: Sara Janssen Join me for a live, in-person interview with Tara (The Organic Sister) and Justin (her deschooling/deworking husband) Wagner as we discuss their organic, intentional life as an unschooling, full-time RVing family living and working in freedom. This is a must-listen! Tara and Justin Wagner have taken many leaps in their [...] Have you ever thought about why you say the word, “no” to your children? Parents are incredibly trigger happy and “no” is their bullet. Sometimes “no” is disguised in a few other words or hidden entirely in a phrase that sounds different but, in the end, means “no” (e.g. – “not right now”). Children [...] I recently came upon the Family Mental Health blog on PsychCentral.com about unschooling. More specifically, the writer of the blog lived up to the initials following her name and questioned Good Morning America’s edited portrayal and highly biased discussion of the unschooling lifestyle. She conveyed her gut reaction after viewing the piece and made a call [...] Good Morning America responded quickly yesterday to emotional viewer reactions over their highly edited and opinionated segment on radical unschooling. Christine Yablonski and Phil Biegler were flown to New York City to appear on this morning’s show to offer information about radical unschooling in conjunction with Pat Farenga - home- and unschooling expert. They responded to a few [...]
The Biegler/Yablonski family was featured on Good Morning America this morning hoping to shed some light on radical unschooling during mainstream America’s morning cuppa’ joe. GMA quickly put a halt to any open discussion that might have been had in the MAINstream, however, by spewing their negative judgments and opinions before, during, and [...] Yes, we’re heading in the direction of our dreams! House sale, inspection, appraisal, RV- yahoo! What is YOUR normal life?! Minka has moved on. We are so appreciative to have had the years together. Both her life and her transition through death were connecting and growing experiences for our family to share together. New audio! Yes, I am [...] There have been a smattering of blog comments in response to Discovery Health’s ‘Radical Parenting’ special indicating that Child Protective Services should be involved with our family. Why? From the perspective of an overbearing, traditionally-minded parent, the dynamic of our family is frighteningly lax. It is immediately assumed that because our children are not FORCED [...] As a Registered Nurse for 12 years, I am very familiar with the phrase, “eating our young.” In a Google search, I find all the references to this phrase to be in regards to nursing. Sad… and curious because I know this is not the only group in which this pattern of behavior occurs- alienation, [...] ‘Radical Parenting’- a Discovery Health Channel special featuring three families depicting alternative styles of parenting- will air TONIGHT, Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at 8pm EST.
Tune in to see the Parent family and two others as we discuss radical unschooling, attachment parenting, elimination communication, and more! This is the Discovery Health Baby Week [...] News Rethinking Everything Magazine The Parent family’s whole-life/radical unschooling lifestyle will be featured on Discovery Health’s special entitled Radical Parenting on Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at 8 PM EST. Here is a link with additional showtimes and a feature to have an e-mail reminder sent to you: http://health.discovery.com/tv-schedules/special.html?paid=62.9024.128774.0.0
My article, “The Mother He Needs” has been published in the Jan/Feb issue of Life Learning Magazine online. I’m very proud of this story. It is at the very core of what I feel is important in my mothering- intuitively feeling and truly listening to the needs of our individual children rather than societal [...] Sarah talks about the fallacy of teaching peace and how to shift our energies toward learning peace from our children. Teach Peace? How can this be done living in the current stratified system that continues to field for defense and use it for offense? Be objective: What do you think? Here’s what I think. Appreciate the beliefs and [...] Armed with her core principal of love, trust, and authenticity, Sarah gets specific in how to understand and move through situational emotions. Show notes: Say you’re sorry Be the adult No judgment Hear what they mean (or something more endearing to you… Know your child individually Stay true to your guiding principle We are here for each other. We will all (children and [...] What you’ll find in this episode: Unschooling ourselves- pursuing our life learning alongside our children Compartmentalizing our passions as “somedays” Stagnation vs. continued learning Selfish desires- feeding ourselves to feed our families Mentor! Do what you love! Changing the family mentality Examples of pursuits Start small! Music selection: Just Older- Bon Jovi Click here for a direct link to the show. What you’ll find in this episode: Finding the Real World- Coming to Unschooling the Parent Way Come along as Sarah talks about how the Parent family chose unschooling and scrapped social/educational norms. Music selection: No Such Thing- John Mayer Click here for a direct link to the show. |
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