Go with me on a little journey as I explore the analogous relationship between children and my freeform locs. Words in all caps are cues as to the hidden message about how parents, teachers, etc. relate or should relate to children. During my first year of teaching at 21 years old, I got fed up … Continue reading Children Are Like Locs

One of the many concepts we find it hard to get parents to grasp is that the adult in the child's life is to do nothing but wait.  I totally understand this challenge, because I used to be one of them!  When I visited my first Sudbury school, I kept asking questions about how and … Continue reading The Waiting Room of Childhood