RE: Finding the Right Educational Path for our Family: How I Ended up Helping to Start Katuah Sudbury School
Love all you have talked about here, freedom, trust and responsibility. These are the things that our children need the most. If I was to ask my girls I know they themselves would say freedom. How confident they become when they can control their own learning, when we trust them enough not to always jump in and interfere. It is challenging sometimes for me not to, but that is the beauty of it cos I'm learning too.
And responsibility, for them to be and want to responsible for themselves, to be respectful of themselves, to guide their own path in life again allowing them them to come into their own power,is so important.
I do like the sound of Sudbury Model, really allowing the kids to be in control of their own learning and the running of the school.
Well done you for getting involved and for all you done in keeping it going, you are indeed a super mama xx
They do get so confident with that freedom. Ultimately they know what they want and need. We just have to not confuse them! After all these years it's still hard. Especially with my little man! He is so, um, daring (dangerous). It's very hard for me to trust that he knows the limits of his body and also physics. He's brought my parenting to a new level.
I think they love responsibility too. They love being trusted enough to be responsible for something.
Sudbury is really special. There are probably close to 50 now all around the world. Thankfully the other schools and the other people I started it with were incredibly helpful. The community is pretty tight.
Also I <3 <3 <3 the sticker!!!!!!!