My Child is Falling Behind… And I Couldn’t Be Happier

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Falling Behind

"Childhood is not a race to see how quickly a child can read, write and count. It is a small window of time to learn and develop at the pace that is right for each individual child. Earlier is not better." ~ Magda Gerber "Childhood should be a journey, not a race." ~ Unknown "If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses." ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe "Children allowed to develop at their own speed will usually win the race of life.’’ ~ Fred O.…

Learning Loss is a Condition of Dementia

“Apart from the schooling process, we know from experience, tradition, and science, that we learn from the moment we are born, we learn in different places, in the many social interactions experienced. Outside of the schooling system, we immediately find the idea of “learning loss” strange, used only when referring to dementia and other extreme situations.” Also known as the Summer Slide!

I Tried Giving My Children Freedom, But it Didn’t ‘Work’

‘I tried letting my children choose their own bedtime, but they didn’t sleep when I wanted them to.’ ‘I tried respecting my children’s autonomy with food, but they didn’t eat when/what I wanted them to.’ ‘I tried letting my children self-direct their own learning, but they didn’t learn what I thought was important.’ ‘I tried letting my children pick their own clothes, but I didn’t like what they wore.’ ___________________________________________ The above statements can be summarised by say…

Freedom Is Not Conditional: 8 Ways to Tell If You’re Respecting Your Child’s Autonomy