As summer vacation ends, many kids are getting ready to head back to school. But for some, the learning never really ended. That's because their parents are 'unschooling' them. Here's what it means.
Many parents are in their back-to-school mode. But in some families, school never stopped this summer, and their kids don’t plan on stepping foot inside a classroom this year either. Instead, those parents are “unschooling” their kids. It's kind of like homeschooling, but the kids take the reins in what they learn. “Unschooling to me is completely different from what traditional schooling is,” said mother Molly Bonds, who's practiced unschooling with her two boys their whole lives.
'So they want to make sure you are actually graduating someone who’s going to be functional as a citizen.”Parents can give their kid a high school diploma if they stay home through 18 years old. Both Heinz and Bonds said if their kids do want to start public school, they can. In the meantime, they say they’re working lessons into everyday life.“If we’re at a museum, that’s their classroom at that moment,' Heinz said.
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