by Sumi Hollingworth | May 8, 2024 | parenting and unschooling
[rt_reading_time label=”Reading Time:” postfix=”minutes” postfix_singular=”minute”] A couple of years ago I took a Permaculture Design Certificate course run by Rhamis Kent, who had studied under the tutelage of Geoff Lawton. Sidi...
by Sumi Hollingworth | Apr 1, 2024 | parenting and unschooling
Written 9 June 2020. When my friend told me she was worried that her daughter would “get behind if she did not go back to school soon”, this got me thinking. While these are very real concerns for parents, who know how fiercely competitive the job market...
by Sumi Hollingworth | Jun 4, 2020 | parenting and unschooling, travel and #vanlife
Our temporary home, Albanian Riviera. Having spent nearly two years in and out of living in a van, with a hyperactive child, aged two to four years old, I learnt the hard way what was needed on the trip; what was missing; what was superfluous; what worked and...
by Sumi Hollingworth | Jul 12, 2018 | parenting and unschooling
I’m unsatisfied with the information in blog posts and articles about the dangers and damage of too much ‘screen use’ by young kids. Having bought my toddler his own tablet (a decision that was made because he nearly broke my rather more expensive Notebook), I have...
by Sumi Hollingworth | Mar 11, 2018 | parenting and unschooling
As I was growing up, I never had to do any chores or anything to help in the home. No washing up, no laundry, no cleaning, no cooking. The most I did was take my plate to the kitchen when I’d finished my dinner. At my dad’s house he expected us to offer to...
