You know how kids pretend to be sick to avoid going to school?
They’re not pretending.
They have fears, discomforts, a sense that their soul is being compromised, or their biology is simply telling them NO.
It’s a gut feeling. It manifests as tightness in the stomach.
Home education is not immune, we all try to lovingly push our children when we feel that the discomfort is worth overriding.
How many times can we afford to override our gut feelings?
How does school teach us that we must do this repeatedly, maybe daily?
How does it train us to normalize discomfort and chronic syndromes?
In my process of deschooling, I have discovered that the body speaks when we cannot/do not speak the proper words.
The healing journey of a widowed, unschooling badass in Delaware.