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I really enjoyed this post! We don't have children yet, but we have already told some family members of our future plans to homeschool (I don't think they would know what unschooling is so no need to get into that yet..) and they always ask Why. I've never thought about turning the question around to them about why they're sending their kids to school. I figure most people do it because it's what their parents did while they were children.

Another really great read about unschooling is "101 Reasons Why I'm an Unschooler"

There's a book called "Dear Grandma: Your Grandkids are Unschoolers". I have not read it but it's been recommended in several unschooling circles.

I agree with another commenter who said not to engage in discussion about it - this is your & your husband's decision. But perhaps it would ease her mind a bit.

This is not as much to learn math than to understand the beauty of it: Journey through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics

Start with this book which has an excellent deschooling section: https://smile.amazon.com/Life-Through-Lens-Unschooling-Companion-ebook/dp/B00KXGNJU4/

Then her podcast is a must listen, here's her deschooling episodes: https://livingjoyfully.ca/blog/tag/deschooling/

I found this talk very enjoyable and I think you've brought up a lot of key elements of self learning.

Some tips:

• I'm not familiar with your particular area of psychology, so when you started naming a lot of names, I had no idea who those people were or what their significance is. Unless the people in that event would know those things, I would recommend explaining a bit more about those people. Obviously, time management would still be in play.

• I think you explained your overall theory quite well, and I definitely think you gave good actionable tips.

• I found your English quite hard to understand. I think you speak a bit inside your mouth instead of sharper with your lips. Usually the best way of improving is by doing and by hearing yourself back, which it seems you are already doing, so not sure what else to say :D

• Your points about working for free or for low pay, to gain experience and opportunities for later on, is the same point I have made in the following article regarding minimum wage laws:

"..Being able to work with low productivity is an opportunity that allows you to become an actual professional." | So you want to be a programmer & minimum wage laws

• I think the end of your talk didn't flow well with the arc of the whole talk. It seemed like the talk was over except you kept adding different angles/insights. If you want to keep those in, maybe you can incorporate them more into the overall arc.

The cube uses threaded galvanized pipe, tee fittings in the corners with union junctions. It's pretty solid.

I disrecommend asking anyone for permission in the parkour situation. As my mother said, "it's easier to get forgiveness than permission." Once you make the officials aware of what you are doing, they consider it their responsibility to keep you from doing something, because they are then in some twisted fashion responsible. If you have a boy scout troop, like an eagle scout final project, then you can "do it for the children" or an "adult fitness trail" or circuit training park. Institutions can not be a party to anything new, and parkour has that weird french name working against it (which might be OK in MI but I doubt it.)

http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/multipurpose is the best I came up with.

I think you haven't been up the right cliffs. The rush of an 80" climb, for me at least, is much greater than a ten or fifteen foot boulder. Plus, the freedom to push yourself and remain safe on the end of a rope is pretty awesome. And then when you start lead climbing, and go out on the sharp end risking a 30' fall but still have the safety of the rope, that's an adrenaline rush. On the other hand, if you get hooked on adrenaline, that's still hooked to high risk behavior.

Tommy is real, and the knucklehead who wore chuck taylors up the mountain. I still remember him waving us to go on ahead, with soaking boots. The hot springs were great, but the rain that night was fierce and we just kept the camp stove burning and him warm. The next morning was beautiful and we slid down the mountain on our sleeping pads as if they were luges. Totally epic. Near death experience and a happy ending.

It's a communication/chat tool. See: https://slack.com/

Lots of companies use it as an internal communication tool, however many communities use it too.

You can download an app for mobile/desktop to make it easy to access.

The book that started my own journey was How to Talk so Kids Will Listen and Listen so Kids Will Talk
I haven't read it, but there's also How to Talk so Little Kids Will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2-7

I also didn't actually read this. I listened to it. I have a hard copy but found it difficult to get into. I tend to listen more often than read, however a friend agreed that it was difficult to read, so I like to let folks know that listening to this one might be helpful.

> do not ever ever drink turpentine

Yet many people do. Here's Organic USA made premium turpentine:

https://www.amazon.com/100-Pure-Gum-Spirits-Turpentine/dp/B00IX6HIH6

Note reviews:

> i take this internally - and it is amazing. i mix 1 teaspoon of turpentine with 4 tablespoons of raw honey and i take one to 1.5 teaspoons of that mixture every other day. my skin looks really bright and clear, my energy levels are up, my sugar cravings (i was an addict) are gone and my stomach totally flattened out. i have been learning about naturopathy and chinese herbs for the past two years and no one has EVER told me about turpentine. it's the poor man's cure-all. on top of that, this brand is organic and has a slightly pleasant licorice aftertaste. if you put a little coconut oil on your tongue before you take the honey+turp mixture, it keeps it from irritating your tongue. after that, be sure and drink A LOT of water. it will flush out candida, worms, and reduce inflammation and pain immediately. my 15 year-old daughter was home sick from school - head ache, sore throat, sneezes. i gave her a half-a-teaspoon of the mix mid-morning and another in the evening. the next day, she bounced out of bed and went to school! cured!

See, people are still using this stuff medicinally.

But ... one can easily overdose and die.

Also, here is an unschooling book that isn't directed at parents but at teens:

http://www.amazon.com/Teenage-Liberation-Handbook-School-Education/dp/0962959170/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1423450849&sr=8-1-fkmr1&keywords=unschooling+advice+for+teens

"A Path of their Own" is a great book written by a mother of three unschooled girls. In it she explains the process that lead her to choose to unschool them. It's very personal and direct and human and it doesn't come across like an essay about how to raise your kids. All three of her daughters went on to achieve university degrees and are generally happy and successful human beings. Hi highly recommend getting your folks to read it.