(Credit: Newman Studio/Shutterstock) When it comes to raising kids, there’s no one-size-fits-all approach. Kids forbidden to talk to strangers. Kids afraid to go inside a store on their own. Kids terrified of cooking an egg for fear of burning the house down. These are examples Lenore Skenazy, who pioneered the […]

Without school, children exhibited increased independence and responsibility.By By Peter Gray, Ph.D., a research professor at Boston College, author of Free to Learn When COVID-19 resulted in closures of schools and after-school activities for children, beginning generally in early March of this year, there were some dire predictions about the effects this […]

bokan/Shutterstock As schools resume for most Australian students, a new group of parents have emerged. These parents have decided to give home education a longer term try, finding their children have improved academically and benefited from the calmer home learning environment. This change may mean some families move to a more child-led […]

Here, summed up, are John Holt’s great insights about children’s learning. By Peter Gray Ph.D. In a survey we conducted a few years ago, Gina Riley and I asked unschooling families to name the writers whose works had influenced them most in their decision to take that route.  John Holt […]

By PATRICK FARENGA I recently saw the film Being and Becoming with a group of veteran and new homeschoolers and it was a valuable evening in many ways. First, the film is excellent and provided our group with a lot of material to converse about afterwards. The film has a […]

By Pat Farenga Recently I had the pleasure to hear Blake Boles give a talk at the MacComber Center in Framingham, MA about his new book, The Art of Self-Directed Learning. Listening to Blake and hearing the many questions from the audience of parents and teens made me realize, again, […]