Brenda Leach, a dear unschooling mama friend of mine who’s 4th child is attending Cabrillo College (our local Community College) this semester has this advice for parents of teens and teens wanting to take Community College Classes. This advice is…
Brenda Leach, a dear unschooling mama friend of mine who’s 4th child is attending Cabrillo College (our local Community College) this semester has this advice for parents of teens and teens wanting to take Community College Classes. This advice is…
One option that many teen homeschoolers and unschoolers use is their local Community Colleges. But this option can be available to any teen! Local Community Colleges offer a wide variety of courses, often more interesting to teens- since they can…
Grades are an illusion. Passion and insight are reality. –Seth Godin We all want our teens to be happy. We all want our teens to be well educated and ready to approach life as young adults, successfully and meaningfully. However,…
Dan Pink delivers an inspirational talk on what motivates people- is it monetary rewards? or intrinsic motivation to do what matters to them? Social scientists have found over and over that people perform BETTER on creative complicated tasks, when they…
This post was originally written before Pacific Sands Academy offered an accerdited option. It has been edited to reflect Pacific Sands Academy’s current offerings. Many people worry about accreditation of their potential schools. Is your school accredited? It’s a common…
Are you a teen looking for something different for your education? Do you want to leave the boredom and drudgery of your school? Do you long to spend your time pursuing what you love? Do you believe there’s more to…
How do you go backwards and repair damage from authoritative parenting to partnership based parenting? I think that at any point- when the parent shifts from control/authoritative to a partnership paradigm, a more positive relationship and healing from the past…
I just posted an article about 5 reasons to let your kids quit school, but I’m inspired by something I read yesterday by Erika Christakis —What the Pygmies Can Teach Us About Child Rearing, about using evolution to guide…
(Photo Credit: High School: Poor Unhappy Test Results Post Card by prophoto Make postcard designs on zazzle.com) You love, or know, or are an unhappy teen in school. Are you the unhappy teen? For the purpose of this blog, I’ll…
