Unschooling: Pretoria Girls High Protest Is Exhibit A For Why Our Kids Should Learn Differently
There's a connection between how uncomfortable adults are with children who are confident and the backlash the girls at Pretoria Girls High School faced for refusing to chemically-straighten their hair. Unschooler Akilah Richards breaks it down.
Unschooling Black Children Without The Restrictions of School, Plus Other MyBrownBaby Fresh Links
Unschooling Black children is about liberation. This mom shows us how she does it, plus notes on the food stamp challenge, the color of autism advocacy, the trials of transracial adoptees and real talk for an 8-year-old who hears about rape on TV.
Black Girls With Dark Skin Face Harsher School Discipline
When it comes to Black girls and school discipline, dark-skinned girls are facing harsher penalties than all other races.
This’ll Make Tiger Mom’s Head Explode: A Radical Way To Parent Black Children
Our jobs as parents is to help our children practice excellence within their own unique life design. Here's a radical way one mom puts this to the test as she unschools her daughters.