Kevin came downstairs completely aghast at how an unschooling mom was treated and portrayed by JuJu Chang on Nightline last night. She was the main subject in a news story called Unschooling: No Tests, No Books, No Bedtime. I have to applaud her bravery for being a spokeswoman for this "radical" movement, which by the way, has been around for quite some time.
We are not unschoolers, nor do I agree with Dayna Martin's philosophies of child rearing, but I am appalled that a professional news person would be so confrontative to someone about how she is raising her children.
And for the record, I was traditional public schooled all the way, at the top of my class, Dean's List at university, academic honors, ectetera, and I have never even heard of Henry James until I watched this biased piece of impugnment that passes for journalism.
That's wonderful...I'm going to share this...although I do discipline my children, I value Dana's choice to raise her children the way she wants, to love learning!
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