Thank you, this is such a nice comment! I’ll try to keep sharing when I get a moment between, well, all the kid stuff 😆 I hope Bitcoin Mums is interesting to all parents, we’re all in it together 💪
Came across an interesting article about “aristocratic tutoring” ie. one on one learning that was the norm for rich families. They hired tutors, usually experts in their subjects, and the kids learned incredibly deeply and quickly. (The author notes it was once the norm to teach kids to read at 2-3 years old; that was the hook for this article because he taught his kid to read referencing these methods).
It’s very much the opposite of “schools” as we know it and quite similar to some forms of homeschooling. However, more “free” or “play-based” philosophies will tell you not to bother with reading until around 7, or “whenever they need it, they’ll learn it” kinda thing.
Aristocratic tutoring also reminds me of concepts like Alpha School in the US, where they use AI screen-based learning to complete academics in 2 hours per day, and the rest of the time, the kids learn life skills or other skills they’re interested in like sports or carpentry.
Article here: https://www.thefp.com/p/i-taught-my-three-year-old-to-read-tutoring-education-culture
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Storytime: I started this account when my daughter was 1 and a bit. As a new mum, I had (and still have) no idea what I’m doing, but the logic was that Bitcoiners think differently – about everything – so surely that would apply to #parenting too. Or maybe it doesn’t and I’m just being too optimistic 😂
So, tell me, has Bitcoin affected how you raise a family, and if so, how?
Hello Nostr, I’ve been away a long, long time! How’s parenting going for you these days?
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This is so lovely ❤️
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Oh I’m so glad to hear this! ❤️
A very belated Happy New Year everyone! Things have been slow for me on Nostr because life has been way too busy – but I just wanted to come on to share another parenting book I’ve been reading, Discipline Without Damage by Dr. Vanessa Lapointe. I know the title sounds a bit ick but it’s actually the best book I’ve read so far about not so much “disciplining”, but connecting with your kids, which is way deeper than punishment-reward cycles and even Dr Becky who, as much as she was a great intro to gentle/connection parenting, now strikes me as a bit too scripted. Here’s a little excerpt I really like about finding your way when you’re basically at your wit’s end: “If you ever blank out about how to respond to your child, remember this: hold relationship as your bottom line.”
Hey friends, I'm back after a loooong stint (mostly because of solo parenting, oof)! How have you all been? How's #parenting going this holiday season?
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Where in the world is a garbage truck called a "dustbin lorry"?! Quite funny sometimes when you buy books from all around the world 😂
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Just read this in Summerhill School by A. S. Neill and extrapolating beyond school and childhood, is this why society isn't as free as we want it to be?
"Freedom works best with those who have enough combined free emotion and free intelligence to absorb it."
Back to unschooling or "free" schools, he's saying that only those with average and above IQs should be doing it. Is this a bit harsh? Or is it simply real talk?
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"My view is that a child is innately wise and realistic. If left to himself without adult suggestion of any kind, he will develop as far as he is capable of developing. Logically, Summerhill is a place in which people who have the innate ability and wish to be scholars will be scholars; while those who are only fit to sweep the streets will sweep the streets. But we have not produced a street cleaner so far. Nor do I write this snobbishly, for I would rather see a school produce a happy street cleaner than a neurotic scholar" - A.S. Neill, founder of Summerhill School
1) I took that as giving kids the freedom to explore without dictating a path for them.
2) Yes if 1) is the case.
I think some of the confusion here is whether you're looking at it from a top-down approach, ie. a parent as a dictator. For me, parents are just guides - let them explore the world in their own way, and they'll come to conclusions themselves. You shouldn't stop them from exploring, even in the name of protection —sure, you don't want them to fall off a cliff, and you want to be firm with your boundaries, but my point is minimal intervention — that's how you create blind spots, or as some people would say, entitlement and just generally peopleq with no empathy or awareness of others. Tbh most of us (parents) don't know what tf we're doing, so my approach is to be humble about it and observe, learn, be a good example, be water (as Bruce Lee says), and hope for the best. It's like planting a seed, there's no guarantee what turns out even if you give the seed all the "right" things. In short: I'm not a believer of helicopter parenting because that's what breeds the 40-year-old kids everyone's so worried about (including me).
😂 I get your point. I guess when I read "letting" children be children, I didn't think it meant wrapping them in proverbial bubble wrap, because that's certainly no way to be a child. But yes, we should definitely not be shielding children from the realities of the world, and instead let them discover it (or guide them thought it?). It's the shielding that leads to adults never growing up imo.
There's a lot of books about this! Recently read one called Free to Learn by Peter Grey. Although it's less about protection than providing an environment of freedom.
Great question. Ever since reading "Free to Learn" I would say, for as long as they want to be. Going to be following this thread with interest to see what people say!
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GM! I've fallen firmly down the #unschooling rabbithole and to continue my research, I am now starting to read Summerhill School by A.S. Neill. I've barefly begun, but I'm loving this footnote to the foreword already: 
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Just came back from a 6-day "holiday" where I solo-parented in a foreign location. I need another holiday. #parentstr #kidstr #mumstr #momstr #parenting #family #kids
