37 Mental Health – Parenting for the Future

Why Our Children UNSCHOOL.

Why am I doing it? I didn’t plan to be an unschooling parent, I was the one who said “I wouldn’t have the patience to unschool my kids, I am not that parent.” We are doing it, from my perspective because I believe that learning is not linear and that intelligence, creativity and curiosity are all interlinked and because I believe that the world is changing faster than school systems are. I also want my children to be able to look an adult in the eye and not feel undermined,

by Lehla Eldridge in

Unschooling and the art of letting go of fear.

It is so easy to be gripped by fear. Fear is like a witch casting spells over everything. I can excel in hooking on to her skirt of anxious thoughts, I can fly with her but, in the land of unschooling or homeschooling, she is not welcome as she is so destructive. She is the angry teacher in the room who is handing out bad marks. She is the law that is going to close us down. She is the voice that tells me the kids are going nowhere and

by Lehla Eldridge in

Unschooling, parenting and getting help.

I cannot raise my kids on my own. So I don’t. I open up the doors, and let other people in. I have an in-built hero habit, where I try to do it all which ultimately serves no one, least of all the kids. So, when I find myself trying to do too much, I get help. I have signed up to a great website called WorkAway and I reply to requests from there. Through opening up the doors we have had the most incredible people come and help us. These people are part

by Lehla Eldridge in

Four Points to Fearless Living…

Fear and I have been really good mates, the fearful lady has lived rent free in my head for a long time, in fact the fearful lady over the years has entertained my inner gremlins and had a party in my head almost way back since I can remember. I am not sure when she first joined me, maybe I was a teenager, or maybe it was the day my parents’ marriage fell apart when I was a kid. Or maybe not, it could have been school…who knows, or even

Why Our Children UNSCHOOL.

Unschooling and the art of letting go of fear.

Unschooling, parenting and getting help.

Four Points to Fearless Living…

Self Care for Parents Introduction

Happy Healthy Parents Introduction

The healthy child Introduction

Entrepreneurship Introduction

Work Life Balance Introduction

Working at Home with Kids Introduction

Relationships Introduction

For Friends Introduction

For Grandparents Introduction

For Parents Introduction

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