Sandra Dodd -sleep and child care

For some people the idea that children should be respected is ok but only when the children respect them.

I'm learning and not perfect and never will be...but once I started to become aware of children and the way we treat them as sub humans with little understanding of their limits in their understanding. It all really began to fall into place.

I've read the continuum concept and have had many people who have only read that book put it down.
It's not dealing with modern life.
It's writer had no children
The writer was a diamond hunter

Oh and on

In my new journey into home education I have begun again reading everything I can lay my hands on. The following web site is great...for me kind of like the Sears.
http://www.sandradodd.com/unschooling

Sandra covers so many aspects of life with children (yes she has three if her own).
I love the parts about sleep. Help your children to sleep with love...not fear.
All learning is best done in a fear free environment.

One of the new areas I'm looking at at the moment is food. How we clock food or milk. And also the amount "that's enough" or "one more and no more"

I've started using some of Sandra's ideas with my miss 5.5. She has free access to the pantry. She knows it's there so often does not want a chocolate biscuit when her brother has one.
I put out a bowl of chips for afternoon tea...and she added to that a banana and some nuts.

Sandra does not believe about sugar highs...it's more the excitement of getting the lolly.
She also does not believe in colour issues either...with that one on experimentation I will have to say uh uh.
We used to have the little red sausages at playcentre often and the kids would go nuts. My daughter came to me one day and asked for the skin off (remove the red) and well surprise no more silly ... Her friends followed that idea and now we no longer have silly kids going mad.

Sigh...I've just started this post really but must go hush hour is up and chickens need help