Unschooling Parent Job Description
Thanks to Anne Ohman, Pam L, and Alicia B. on the Shine with Unschooling Yahoo Group! They posted their reponses to the questions "What is the definition of an Unschooling parent?" and here is what they had to say (in some cases I have rephrased the response to make it "fit" neatly into my format, but none of these statements were written by me). :
Unschooling Parent Job Description
From that place of knowing what is real and what is True as defined by my children's hearts, I place my feet in the direction of the next right thing to do and I move forward.
Alway remember that this is actually my job description as an unschooling parent: To trust in my children.
It is my job to help my children get what they need and desire in order to live a joyful life.
It is my job to nurture and encourage that which they love to do.
It is my job to be a student of my children and learn about them and learn from them.
It is my job to learn about real learning, watching how the connections are made in my children's lives from focusing on the Joy and allowing their lives and spirits to unfold as they grow and learn.
It is my job to be the person who gives my children the freedom to really learn by playing around with the world.
It is my job to love and support my children as they explore the world on their own terms.
I am not the controller of my children's lives. I am the one who actively brings joy into their lives.
It is my job to first ask: "How can I connect with my children today, expand their worlds, bring joy into their lives, nurture and encourage what they love to do?"
*Enthusiasm* is the best part of my job description! *I* set the tome for my family's energy, and it is not only my job description as an unschooling parent, but my path on my own spiritual growth journey, too, to take each step forward with enthusiasm for live and for the world and for all that I am and for all that I have and for all that we are, collectively . . .
Children are NOT empty vessels that need to be molded and filled. They are the seeds that are packed to the hilt with potential energy. We need only to love and nurture them for them to grow into their life and into the lives around them.
Unschooling Parent Job Description
From that place of knowing what is real and what is True as defined by my children's hearts, I place my feet in the direction of the next right thing to do and I move forward.
Alway remember that this is actually my job description as an unschooling parent: To trust in my children.
It is my job to help my children get what they need and desire in order to live a joyful life.
It is my job to nurture and encourage that which they love to do.
It is my job to be a student of my children and learn about them and learn from them.
It is my job to learn about real learning, watching how the connections are made in my children's lives from focusing on the Joy and allowing their lives and spirits to unfold as they grow and learn.
It is my job to be the person who gives my children the freedom to really learn by playing around with the world.
It is my job to love and support my children as they explore the world on their own terms.
I am not the controller of my children's lives. I am the one who actively brings joy into their lives.
It is my job to first ask: "How can I connect with my children today, expand their worlds, bring joy into their lives, nurture and encourage what they love to do?"
*Enthusiasm* is the best part of my job description! *I* set the tome for my family's energy, and it is not only my job description as an unschooling parent, but my path on my own spiritual growth journey, too, to take each step forward with enthusiasm for live and for the world and for all that I am and for all that I have and for all that we are, collectively . . .
Children are NOT empty vessels that need to be molded and filled. They are the seeds that are packed to the hilt with potential energy. We need only to love and nurture them for them to grow into their life and into the lives around them.
