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I'm chipping away at my wife about this idea. I think I almost have her agreeing with me. We'll see.

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Have her call me! And give her two books: Dumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gatto and Family Matters by David Guterson.

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That's what we are doing and that's what my mother did for me and my siblings. Ours are little still and just getting started, but the plans are laid, materials and supplies in place, classroom put together and they will NOT be educated by the state.

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Amen! That’s the spirit!

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My kid's only 17 months, so haven't had a chance to start trying natural learning, but that's the plan. I found this book very helpful and inspiring. It's got a lot of progressive language in it, but overall it's libertarian (Kerry McDonald writes for FEE):

https://smile.amazon.com/Unschooled-audiobook/dp/B07RD181Q2/

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