Well just when I thought things were going well, life goes and throws us a curve ball.  My life long babysitter quit at the end of the year, no notice, no explaination, nothing... so I find a replacement, a nice family who are foster-parents and seem to be genuine and great.  After 3 short weeks all falls apart.  Apparently they are not as open-minded to homeschooling as I thought they where.  They dont seem to understand 'child lead' parenting and education etc etc etc...  The family is very strict and structured, something that us as unschoolers are not.  The mother felt Joey was acting out and being rude, he was confused and upset about a number of things.  This was just one fall out after another.  So today it all came to a head when my child yet again was in time out when i got there, my child was upset and both parents were antagonizing him.  And in my mind I began to silently question why am I paying our good $$ for this type of treatment.  The final straw was when they recommended I enroll my child in school so he can learn in a structured environment.  (that totally defeats the entire unschooling theory)

Joey and I went this evening to interview yet another sitter and hired her on the spot.  Hopefully this situation will work for the better.

Does anyone else notice if they unschool, their entire lifestyle is much different then most other families...Our children are free spirits and free thinkers, they like to organize thier time and explore things at a slower pace.  Tonight my child was happy and excited to make some beaded crafts and read a book.  I saw no signs of anger or rage nor did i see any disrespect.  Again I saw a child brought up in an unstructured environment who has been left to make most of his own decisions.

I love unschooling and homeschooling and I hope we continue to learn this way for many many years to come.