Re: [Discuss-sudbury-model] Introverts

Hmmmm,
Is this really about a sudbury model? Or is it about philosophy and
personal values? Good heavens, these are such loaded questions! Any
sentence with the word "should" in it implies judgement, assessment, etc.
Love and consistency are of course the bottom line for a healthy upbringing,
but dang if parents are always imperfect. Strikes me it would be very
compelling to ask some sudbury students these questions... now those
answers, I'd love to hear.
Just my thoughts,
Carol

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sheila" <sheran_at_ptd.net>
To: <discuss-sudbury-model_at_sudval.org>
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Discuss-sudbury-model] Introverts

> What do you think motherhood should be about?
>
> What do you think that the ideal homelife and parental discipline
techniques
> would be for a child attending a Sudbury school? (Or any child for that
> matter I suppose)
>
> Sheila
>
>
>
> > Is "serving my children" what motherhood/homeschooling is about? It
> > doesn't seem to me to be reasonable. Children don't need and
> > shouldn't have "servants" once they can start serving themselves. No
> > wonder you are getting "soul weary"!
> >
> > Mimsy Sadofsky
> >
> > On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 13:37:54 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> > >"When my boys turned eight and ten, I became aware that the idea of
> continuing to try to meet all my children's educational/social needs made
me
> feel overwhelmed and a bit soul weary."
> > >
> > >This is one of the hugest reasons that I'm considering a Sudbury
school.
> I'm feeling "soul weary" (Great description!). I keep trying to tell
myself
> that if I just keep focusing on how blessed I am to be able to serve my
> children that I can get myself to stop feeling "soul weary", and I can get
> myself real psyched and energized for a few days, and then I get "soul
> weary" again. I think that it's just too much for one mom (or at least
for
> me) to be able to provide everything the children need. Maybe if we had
an
> active neighborhood of kids or if we were a part of a huge unschooling
> (versus homeschooling) community. But the reality is that we don't live
in
> a cool neighborhood and we don't have unschoolers living around us. As
hard
> as I'm trying to make it work, we have some shortcomings that I think that
a
> Sudbury school could help us with. IF we can handle the more rigid
schedule
> that it would require.
> > >
> > >Sheila
> >
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