2023-06-15T18:44:36Z https://nostr.now A Place To Be https://nostr.now/npub1hwmj92v64rm0rj7rtartccr7hldpnumrmq2zd285f8dy6u0jknxs2vsum6 https://void.cat/d/7vWvamKhY3ZkywoMARu1V4.webp https://void.cat/d/7vWvamKhY3ZkywoMARu1V4.webp https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswncm29q5per5vha6g7thyjs4s30hjeuclt3xfjzpgdrsfp6924zszyzamwg4fn250duwtcd05d0rq06la5x0nv0vpgf4g73ya5nt3726v6qf97jj If You Want Your Kids to Learn at the Highest Level - Take Them Out of School ASAP! <br/><br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://blossom.primal.net/db9dcbacbfd054b7d92e9b8de954cd7ce92589017b66320ae8fe08033cde30d4.mov"></video> 2026-03-05T17:27:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg0d9rqc8eynha3q5fea842qddsse5pgvkwmptkdxnzfmhuymgpaqzyzamwg4fn250duwtcd05d0rq06la5x0nv0vpgf4g73ya5nt3726v6fga85v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0cmdzpu2czajaka8rpeykl67mrpyh5s7nfepx2lph8uf5ntzfzdg35wp0c'>nevent1q…wp0c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hey 2026-01-10T10:26:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz56t585kxgzrvj9uedxwlzn2umzpfmsyxf8vlqm6xwul78dh6q3szyzamwg4fn250duwtcd05d0rq06la5x0nv0vpgf4g73ya5nt3726v6dq988e After 10 days at an unschooling meetup in Algarve we’ve arrived in Manchester today, ready for the <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqspj38xer7c32wvjjp3phj6acygdayu83dkn7ttmdu5q8w5r4mc2wspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgqgkwaehxw309a3xjarrda5kuetj9eek7cmfv9kqydusuh" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Bitfest</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…usuh</span>)</a></span> ❤️<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/dadd355588464a01437dc58c2e2893b4de164cf7a2699f0780292af4aa2ebb97.jpg"> 2025-11-20T22:08:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgn2yhgrkvvrdsvfhjpwt78axjqmw399e4ueyuv697pfr2wsxfm6szyzamwg4fn250duwtcd05d0rq06la5x0nv0vpgf4g73ya5nt3726v6fju6nc Do Kids Really Need Structure and Discipline?<br/><br/>Written By Sylvia BP<br/><br/>“Kids need structure and discipline!”<br/><br/>That’s what most people say.<br/><br/>But do they?<br/> Or does the adult saying this need structure and discipline?<br/><br/>Or maybe… they just believe they do — because that’s what they were told as children:<br/><br/>“You need structure and discipline!”<br/> “Go to school!”<br/> “Do this!”<br/> “Do that!”<br/> “Finish it!”<br/> “Stop now!”<br/><br/>They never stopped to question it. They simply repeated what their parents, teachers, and grandparents — all shaped by the same system — told them.<br/><br/>Yes, sometimes structure and discipline serve us.<br/><br/>But aren’t we — each individual, including each child — the ones who should decide when, how, and to what extent?<br/><br/>Because there’s another kind of discipline — the one that emerges naturally when we’re absorbed in something that fascinates us.<br/> When a child builds for hours, paints, explores, tinkers, or reads out of pure curiosity — no one needs to impose time frames or tell them to “stay focused.”<br/> Focus and flow arise organically.<br/><br/>So maybe the real question isn’t whether children need structure, but whether adults are afraid of what happens without it.<br/><br/>Isn’t it more true that rigid structure and imposed order often become the death of creativity?<br/><br/>Creation is born in chaos.<br/><br/>And chaos isn’t the opposite of order — it’s part of the same cycle.<br/> When you cook, for example, you create. You make a mess. You splash, stir, taste, spill. The kitchen becomes wild with life.<br/> Then you enjoy the meal — and only after, you restore order again: you wash the dishes, wipe the table, put everything back in its place.<br/><br/>It’s a dance between chaos and order — between freedom and form.<br/> And that’s how learning and life really flow, when they’re not forced into someone else’s schedule.<br/><br/>Rather than giving kids a rigid structure for their time —<br/><br/>6:15 am wake up, wash, get dressed<br/>6:45 am breakfast<br/>7:00 am brush teeth<br/>7:30 am shoes, jacket, school<br/>8:00–5:00 pm school’s structure<br/>5:00 pm homework<br/>6:00 pm dinner<br/>7:00 pm screen time<br/>8:00 pm bed<br/><br/>— they can find their own structure through play, curiosity, and meaningful daily life.<br/><br/>Children don’t need a timetable to grow; they need space to explore.<br/> They find rhythm in free play, in projects that light them up, in the gentle flow between shared meals, time outdoors, or weekly gatherings.<br/> They learn naturally from the living examples around them — watching their parents cook, fix things, tend the garden, have conversations, rest, create, or care for others.<br/><br/>And even more so, when they’re invited in — to help bake the bread, fold the laundry, feed the animals, or join in a parent’s passion — learning becomes real, embodied, and connected to life itself.<br/><br/>Children grow through participation, not instruction.<br/>Through observation, not obligation.<br/>Through meaning, not management.<br/><br/>When we trust their natural rhythms, we discover that structure isn’t something to be imposed — it’s something that emerges.<br/> A living rhythm that breathes with the family, with the seasons, with the energy of the day.<br/><br/>That’s when discipline transforms from a rule to follow into a love for what they’re doing.<br/> And life itself becomes the teacher.<br/><br/>Let’s Reflect<br/>When we loosen our grip on control, we make room for connection.<br/> When we stop managing every hour, we begin to see our children — and ourselves — as whole beings in motion, finding balance naturally between chaos and calm.<br/> Maybe the real lesson isn’t about teaching kids discipline at all,<br/> but about remembering how to trust life’s own rhythm —<br/> and allowing it to guide us, too.<br/><br/>Blog post published here: <br/><br/><a href="https://www.aplacetobe.me/blog/do-kids-really-need-structure-and-discipline">https://www.aplacetobe.me/blog/do-kids-really-need-structure-and-discipline</a> 2025-10-28T14:41:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswelqg2pw0revur23aqugxfr64h0ajhft74m9y4deq2mg0pnxnsxczyzamwg4fn250duwtcd05d0rq06la5x0nv0vpgf4g73ya5nt3726v6qnw9w2 What makes unschooling challenging?<br/><br/>Unschooling isn’t hard because you’re not a professional teacher, you lack resources, intelligence or knowledge. 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