tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100692801739409317.post2071435884816092613..comments2024-03-28T17:18:46.681-07:00Comments on Rickshaw Unschooling: On Being DifferentEmilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03100384225999745858noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100692801739409317.post-20449967093684775172013-02-24T00:17:54.643-08:002013-02-24T00:17:54.643-08:00It's sad that judgement so often fills the spo...It's sad that judgement so often fills the spot where curiosity is supposed to go. <br />Great post. love the pics of sowing the oats. Suki, Jon, Kai, and Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00387458363617889954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100692801739409317.post-46937569760328492702013-02-20T16:02:56.739-08:002013-02-20T16:02:56.739-08:00Amen, sista! Tell it like it is! From a fellow u...Amen, sista! Tell it like it is! From a fellow unschooling mama on HS-Van. I can be identified by my huge butt and my love of sundaes!<br />http://heychickiepoo.blogspot.ca/HeyChickiePoohttp://heychickiepoo.blogspot.ca/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100692801739409317.post-46443683500020593292013-02-20T15:50:30.280-08:002013-02-20T15:50:30.280-08:00You are right, Anonymous. I took the reference &qu...You are right, Anonymous. I took the reference "at Wal---" out of the post. However I do think that the store in question can take it. The fact that it happened there is no more remarkable than if it had happened at any other location. There are people everywhere who feel they are helping by telling others how to live their lives, and most of those people are employed at some location or another. In fact, I do plenty of advice-giving on this blog, myself, and I expect and assume that people will take it or leave it. When the advice amounts to a character assassination, that's different, of course, and often it's hurtful. It would be nice if those of us giving advice could learn to offer it with compassion and a distinct lack of judgement, but what I hope to do with this blog post is to bolster the self-esteem of those of us who encounter a lot of well-meaning advice-givers, and to remind us all (myself included) that others' opinions are only that - opinions. And we can grow and learn from them with confidence, if we choose to.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03100384225999745858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100692801739409317.post-76802899423875129032013-02-20T15:30:32.148-08:002013-02-20T15:30:32.148-08:00You should leave Walmart's name out of this po...You should leave Walmart's name out of this post. The mom who reported the incident to HS-Van was not even a first hand witness to the conversation. We do not know what the cashier actually said, and as such, you are tarnishing the business for no reason.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100692801739409317.post-28555744089671888092013-02-20T02:40:20.404-08:002013-02-20T02:40:20.404-08:00Dear Rickshaw and kids, I am so happy to read your...Dear Rickshaw and kids, I am so happy to read your post today, it was like reading about my own experience of unschooling my kids. We only started a year ago (my kids are 7, 9 and 11 now), and we are finally getting into a good routine. However, the ignorance of the people around us has taken it to a new level, and my husband and I have been reported to the Child Protective Services for our choices.<br /><br />One of the comments in the report was that we were encouraging our children to "play their way through life" - where my response was: "H*** YEAH" :-D<br /><br />Keep up the posting, love reading about your experiences!<br /><br />Best regards,<br />Mona in Denmark (Europe).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com