The unschooling concept fascinates me. Here is a question for you, though: do you not guide his learning at all? Are there things that you think that it is essential for him to learn at some point, whether she shows initial interest in him knowing them or not? If so, how does unschooling allow for you to guide him through learning those things?
You are viewing a single comment's thread from:
If I can supply him with some resource, experience, etc, that is in line with what he wants to know, then that is great.
I don’t attempt to force him into any knowledge, because that kind of prodding takes his authority over his own education from him and also makes learning seem like a chore. So far he is learning to read, write, and do numbers all on his own volition (we of course encourage these things, read books, and play numbers games if he wants to), and I cannot think of anything necessary to a happy life a child would not learn on their own.
Summerhill School in England is living proof of this for decades now.
It’s a good question though. Thanks for asking.