Joanne Greco demonstrates the important healing unschooling can offer to children who have been damaged by schools and other institutions.

Throughout the article she discusses the realities of adoption and the practicalities of pulling children out of the system.

More than that, she offers readers a chance to explore how unschooling promotes healing in their own lives by allowing children to follow their passions and by prioritizing joy and family connections

Dayna Martin discusses her healing journey through Heavy Metal music and unschooling.

Recalling the understanding and connection she sought through music and the mosh pit, Dayna explores the relationship she's creating with her children that defies the adversarial relationship she had as a teen with her own parents.

By describing the validating lyrics of metal music and the vital energy and release of the mosh pit, Dayna invites readers to reconsider how they view teens' passions and needs.

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