The Learning Lifestyle combines the principles of unschool, learner-directed focus, and lifetime learning.
In practice, this means that everyone in the household is on a learning journey. There are no teachers, only students with varying degrees of mastery. We learn from, alongside, and independently of each other.
Modeling is at the center of our educational world. I take on new learning challenges (I’m currently reading Sam Harris’s Free Will and a book about Buddha, listening to C.S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity, and beginning a jiu-jitsu practice) and share my enthusiasm with my sons. I’m easily humbled as my older son has trained longer and will coach me against more experienced practioners.
Learning is more than a family affair, it is the way we live and breathe.
We analyze presumptions and dig down with question after question. Reasoning is where we always start, then we go deeper with resources and more questions.
It can be exhausting. It can be challenging as a parent who sometimes wants easy compliance.
It is all worth it as I watch these boys grow into themselves with strong minds, bodies, and spirits.
God bless and thank you for reading,
Jason
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