Re:When You Get into Unschooling, It’s Almost Like a Religion
by TaupeRanger on Monday October 19, 2020 @09:38PM
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It's not that simple for the parent-teacher. For 90% of kids, their "interests" are video games, playing with toys, and TikTok if they're older. The hard part is getting your kids interested in things that can lead to an actual education. If you are waiting for your kids to become interested in History in order to teach it to them, most of them would never learn it. You have to do the hard work of making it interesting in the first place.
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Re:When You Get into Unschooling, It’s Almost Like a Religion
by xtagon on Monday October 19, 2020 @10:36PM
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You're right that it's not that simple, but to be clear, my parents did teach me stuff like history and they did their best to make it interesting. It just so happened that I enjoyed some topics and activities more than others, and homeschooling can allow for more freedom to adjust to that than would be the case with a strict curriculum.