Communications | Education | Activism
Bristol, United Kingdom
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My kids are all keenly aware that they have a right to play. Perhaps more than most. Up until a couple of months ago, they were all home educated and because we took a self-directed, consent-based approach, they were mostly in control of how they spent their time...
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My 13yo holds the tension of seeing what’s wrong with the system and appreciating the benefits of participating in it: more time away from us, more independence, more time with peers, academic input it would be hard for us to match, opportunities we can't access without school.
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But the level of control young people in schools are subjected to and the entrenched inequity between adults and young people is a high price to pay. Naming that is the least we can do: adelejarrettkerr.substack.co…
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Adele Jarrett-Kerr retweeted
Whenever I talk about listening to children's perspectives and respecting their opinion, someone equates this with neglect.
'So they want to run into the road in front of a car, and you let them?' or 'They hit other children, and you just stand by?'.
It's as if the only imaginable ways to interact with children are to be controlling, or to do nothing at all. Authoritarian, or neglectful.
It's a straw man argument. Children (and teenagers) always need to be kept safe and cared for by the adults around them. Listening to what children say is not the same as neglect.
This hits different now that I have a ten year old who's only just started school for the first time after being home educated but will be sitting SATs next academic year. This exam will in no way be reflective of or relevant to her education journey. Same for anyone else really!
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I'm on A Life Unschooled podcast talking about influencer culture pushing the idea that anyone who wants to can earn huge amounts of money while home educating with no fall out (and said influencers often profiting from saying so). alifeunschooled.substack.com…
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I'd appreciate listening to this again myself. Now that our kids go to school, it's interesting seeing these systems at work, up close.
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One of the ADHD surprises from my kids' first week of school (after nine years of home educating) is that I no longer remember when to eat. I hadn't realised they were functioning as human alarms.
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Staying in Weston-super-Mare on a house swap with friends so we can go to a family baby shower in Bristol tomorrow 🥰
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Working on a collaborative creative project with young people and for the millionth time reminding myself that I must always ask them to title their files! And also never to rely on getting things by email later. Get it in the session.
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Start the year as you mean to go on! With friends, movement and sea!
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Just back from a few days in brilliant Bristol. Now it's been long enough for me to feel nostalgic about the places I lived in and left. I've also lived enough now to know that when restlessness rises, it doesn't always mean that I'm not at home.
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In case someone out there needs to hear it: it is perfectly fine to give your kids second hand gifts. Maxing your budget or overspending does not mean more love or more magic.
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A job popped up on my LinkedIn recently which actively encouraged applicants to list unpaid caregiving work in their experience even though the role wasn’t related to caregiving. That felt revolutionary. This work is essential to society. open.substack.com/pub/adelej…
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Adele Jarrett-Kerr retweeted
Soul Farm in Cornwall have launched a community shares campaign - crowdfunder.co.uk/p/soul-far…
This is an exciting opportunity to influence the small scale agriculture movement, and be a co-owner of a business you believe in. 🥕🥦🔆
@lazbash @AdeleJK @LEAProgramme #agroecology
