tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1773406527508360942.post3228879068181172381..comments2023-08-10T02:31:03.058-07:00Comments on Lots of Life in One Place: Parenting and Sustainable LivingArinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477610684005317197noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1773406527508360942.post-78742281751373265572013-04-25T19:50:51.249-07:002013-04-25T19:50:51.249-07:00When i started homeschooling 19 years ago that was...When i started homeschooling 19 years ago that was our goal. Growing up, living life as it really happens (not vicariously through video games) talking to my kids throughout the day, teaching in every moment to prepare them for the real world. It makes me laugh when people ask me how my kids will handle the "real world"? Umm... They are living in the "real world". The real world isnt in a class roomlooking at a book with a picture of a farm. I love that your showing how at a very young age kids are teachable and love it!!! These are the lessons our kids will forever remember. Not the colorful book about farms. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1773406527508360942.post-74027624713177026542011-12-14T13:12:11.277-08:002011-12-14T13:12:11.277-08:00Thank you for beginning to address this oft-ignore...Thank you for beginning to address this oft-ignored aspect of permaculture. This has been one of my criticisms of the 'permie' culture - what happens when young idealists with time, energy and freedom settle down and start a family? That time, energy and freedom gets redirected quickly!<br /><br />Tom & Barbara of 'Good Neighbors' brit-com fame never had kids. I always wondered how their suburban permaculture lifestyle would change if they did. Of course they were trying to be self sufficient apart from extended family or supportive community. It may take a village to raise a child but how many of us know our fellow villagers well enough to trust them with raising our children?<br /><br />I have tried to do the same with my boys - getting them outdoors in the garden, exposing them to a wide variety of real food, fresh from the ground, helping with the chores, etc. Hopefully as this next generation of new homesteaders, suburban or otherwise, comes of age, we'll have more good conversation about raising parenting and sustainable living.Galen Gallimorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10272822237546731134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1773406527508360942.post-15474099518751614972011-10-14T11:38:16.499-07:002011-10-14T11:38:16.499-07:00we just pruned an old plum clump of trees, with th...we just pruned an old plum clump of trees, with the little man using Japanese saw with wild abandonment with me chirping in "Dead branches only, not live!" to direct his efforts. A nice little pile of kindling taken to the house, for "Grandfather Frost" is coming. So much fun, nearly as much as cooking together!<br />thank you for your comment!Arinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477610684005317197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1773406527508360942.post-68940143004796126452011-10-12T10:41:25.381-07:002011-10-12T10:41:25.381-07:00Thank you for this. I agree with every word. My ch...Thank you for this. I agree with every word. My children did housework, cooking and gardening with me from the get-go, riding in front-packs as infants, backpacks as older babies, and lying or sitting on the floor or ground wherever I worked.<br /><br />I explained everything to them--what this is, what color it is, what it's for. They tasted, touched, examined, crunched every item I placed within their reach. <br /><br />Whenever I've had the opportunity, I've done the same for the grandchildren. Our three-year-old granddaughter already enjoys cooking with me almost as much as playing with the art supplies and blocks with her Nana.<br /><br />Thank you again for sharing this. Superb.graceonlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07600679221472546269noreply@blogger.com