We’re going on a long holiday soon. Not quite sure how long it will last at this stage…however it does mean that we are ‘unschooling‘ our two wonderful boys – currently aged 5 & 6.
Aaron (our 6 year old) is starting to read and write. Ben still has a way to go, he can write [...]
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Lets work less
I’ve long had frustration with how our capitalist system works. Especially since having kids. Things get damn expensive.
This post kind of focuses of the children/family angle, but will hopefully show how our society is driven to spend and we increasingly feel tied down because of what we feel we need to commit to.
Perhaps turn away [...]
Interest led work activities
I was chatting to a mum today about life as working mother. What she use to do, what she’d like to do. What I do, which took a wee while to explain
She described what I do as similar to the child led education approach that our boys experience at Lewes New School. Which [...]
Freedom…well almost!
Next week my boys start a new year at Lewes New School.
I’m excited because it marks a big change for moi.
My eldest is soon to be a whooping 6 years old. That means it has been around 6.5 years since I felt the loving yet physically difficult pregnancy that really changes everything.
It’s also been 6.5 [...]
Words for mums like me
There’s:
mumprenuer
mumtreprenuer
mousewife
indeparent
Any others?
That thing shall not be mentioned
A wee story on discrimination against wannabe working mothers…something close to my heart in recent years and experience.
Once upon a time, in a land not so far away (Brighton) during a time not too distant (<10 years) I was young and eager to get out there into the working world.
I always considered having a family [...]
Flexiwork discussion
Following on from my previous blog post.
I’ve long had the desire (and need) to address the issue that many of us face – the ability to work flexibly and often our own terms.
Personally for me it has been because I put my family needs before other stuff – like work. Or I am unwillingly to [...]
A mother’s dilema
I love my work. I love doing all the werkshop things as well. And of course I love my family.
However, I struggle.
I want to be there for my kids, but I also want to work. Kids have (lots of) holidays. Kids get poorly.
It’s often difficult to make it work legistically and quite often people run [...]
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