Comments on: ‘Radical Parenting’ on Discovery Health http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/2010/03/04/radical-parenting-on-discovery-health/ “Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run.” -- Mark Twain Mon, 07 Nov 2011 04:53:25 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Kristi http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/2010/03/04/radical-parenting-on-discovery-health/comment-page-1/#comment-2453 Kristi Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:00:47 +0000 http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/?p=514#comment-2453 I watched, and it was OK. It actually came at a good time for my family. My 10 year old had a bad experience at a neighbor's house where an older child (14) attacked her on homeschooling (how come you can't spell well, you aren't learning anything at home, how are you going to go to college?) I immediately showed her the program (I recorded it) as a validation that there are many other families like us and to look at how happy they are! She rolled her eyes at the "experts", lol. I did not like the title, though (the word "radical" has become rather cliche). I believe that these types of family models will become more common. I was OK with the show having a variety of families since we also practice attachment parenting with our 2 year old. I watched, and it was OK. It actually came at a good time for my family. My 10 year old had a bad experience at a neighbor’s house where an older child (14) attacked her on homeschooling (how come you can’t spell well, you aren’t learning anything at home, how are you going to go to college?) I immediately showed her the program (I recorded it) as a validation that there are many other families like us and to look at how happy they are! She rolled her eyes at the “experts”, lol. I did not like the title, though (the word “radical” has become rather cliche). I believe that these types of family models will become more common. I was OK with the show having a variety of families since we also practice attachment parenting with our 2 year old.

]]> By: michele james-parham http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/2010/03/04/radical-parenting-on-discovery-health/comment-page-1/#comment-2450 michele james-parham Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:28:29 +0000 http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/?p=514#comment-2450 Thanks for the link Darcel. I liked your post and how you shared your husband's opinions and reactions as well. Both my husband and a friend who was over didn't think that what was portrayed was all that radical. As my husband said, "it could have been our family, our son...he sure is a genius, but fouled mouthed...". And my friend said, "I didn't see children running around with knives or anything". I don't think it seemed radical to us, because we're all living it to some degree or another. Thanks for the link Darcel. I liked your post and how you shared your husband’s opinions and reactions as well. Both my husband and a friend who was over didn’t think that what was portrayed was all that radical. As my husband said, “it could have been our family, our son…he sure is a genius, but fouled mouthed…”. And my friend said, “I didn’t see children running around with knives or anything”. I don’t think it seemed radical to us, because we’re all living it to some degree or another.

]]> By: Darcel http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/2010/03/04/radical-parenting-on-discovery-health/comment-page-1/#comment-2449 Darcel Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:08:57 +0000 http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/?p=514#comment-2449 I did watch it. I wish it would have been an hour long segment on unschooling. I also would have loved to see experts who do unschool. It would have been great to see a range of families from young children to adults, and how unschooling looks for their families. We are coming up on our first year of unschooling. I wrote a post on my thoughts on the show. http://themahoganyway.blogspot.com/2010/03/discovery-health-special-radical.html I did watch it. I wish it would have been an hour long segment on unschooling. I also would have loved to see experts who do unschool. It would have been great to see a range of families from young children to adults, and how unschooling looks for their families.

We are coming up on our first year of unschooling. I wrote a post on my thoughts on the show.

http://themahoganyway.blogspot.com/2010/03/discovery-health-special-radical.html

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