Very well said, @dgiors. From a very young age girls are shamed with "Don't touch there!" as if it might end the universe. We're at least trying to teach our girls that some things are meant to be private, but it's sad to see how much of these negative things are brought about through society and culture and aren't seen as "bad" at all from a purely natural perspective.
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You sound like a cool responsible parent. Well done!
Thanks. I guess we'll find out a decade or two from now how we did. :)
Do your children go to school or is it likely that they will?
We school our kids at home. We've already had some unfortunate interactions with neighbors who were influenced by "kids on the bus" who found their father's porn collection and, as a result, have a really dysfunctional view of human sexuality that is especially confusing for young minds still working to develop and understanding of the world. We had to get some books to help them understand things a little sooner than we had planned, I think.
Oh Good~
School is the worst thing that happens to most people and a far from ideal thing for just about everyone.
It is also one of the worst things that ever happen to us and you are hopefully saving them from that.
Wish you the best on it. I am an international speaker on unschooling and homeschooling. A true passion of mine.
Blessings~*~
Very cool! Followed. We're currently doing a form of loose schooling, not full unschooling (yet). I've read Peter Gray's Free to Learn, and I'm pushing @corinnestokes to become more comfortable with unschooling as I learn more. For the most part, she wants to ensure they know the basics (reading, writing, math) while letting them explore their own passions beyond that.
Life is a process. As long as you feel you are consciously questioning, experimenting and reconsidering every day, then you are on the right track!
I don't write much about the parenting stuff because there isn't much interest in it here on Steemit Currently. Though it is one of my main passions and a part of my every day life.
I have traveled around the world speaking at conferences, doing workshops and consulting on parenting/education.
As I see it all the worlds problems start with parenting. Thus all solutions exist in New Paradigm Parenting~*~