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   Welcome to Connections, your online magazine for unschooling and mindful parenting. 
 
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NANOWRIMO

No, it's not some bizarre language: November is National Novel Writing Month—NaNoWriMo!
 
   
InspirationStation
  Raising Ryan  
  Follow one family's journey into the rewarding experience of training guide dogs for the blind.  
 
 
     
 
DEPARTMENTS
 
   mindfulness and balance:
   Perfection Expectations
 by Danielle Conger
 strewing and deschooling:
   A Loud Peaceful Home 
by Sandra Dodd
 media madness:
   Cultural Ideas and Change
 by Deb Lewis
 learn and explore:
   Freedom to Fly 
by Ren Allen
 unschooling dads:  
   Slaying Demons
by Ben Lovejoy

 Oh, How We Shine! with Anne Ohman:
   Noble Enough, or Birthday Ponderings
 
     
     
  Feature Articles

 Exploring the Creative Life with Ami McKay      
  Bullies Are No Laughing Matter
  Ami McKay
robyn
 
Ren Allen interviews unschooling mom and author, Ami McKay about the ideas and inspiration behind Ami's novel, The Birth House.

Read Ami's answers to great questions like, "Many parents reading this might be feeling the urge to begin expressing themselves creatively in some manner. Any tips on where to start? How to get back in touch with that side of your spirit in some form? Anything specifically for the writer within?"

Robyn Coburn examines the pervasive humor aimed at children and the subtle collusion between jokes and the reality of child abuse.

Robyn writes, "I’m talking about noticing and recording how the leaders, celebrities and role models in our broader culture speak of their own children, how they reveal their assumptions about children through their jokes and stories." Check out more thought- provoking iquiries inside!

 

  Hot Topics
  Don't have the time to keep up with unschooling and mindful parenting e-lists?

Read the hot topics each month at Connections.

  Always Learning
    On video gaming

  Always Unschooled
    On video gaming
    On everyday situations

  Consensual-Living
    On critical shifts toward consensual-living
    On product oriented parenting

  Shine With Unschooling
    On conference talent shows
    On dealing with fears

  Unschooling Basics
    On phonics and learning to read
    On unschooling a solitary child

  Unschooling Discussion
    On flow and exploration
    On dealing with spanking

  Unschooling-dotcom
    On seeing results with unschooling

This is just a sampling of the higher-volume, on-topic lists. Find links to other unschooling and mindful parenting lists on Connections'  Resources page.
 
   
 
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