There Is No Better Way To Teach Your Kids About The World Than To Let Them See It For Themselves.
We home educate our children because we believe they can learn more about the world by letting them see as much of it as possible, we also believe we can teach them what's really important in life, like love, family and all that nature has to offer, stuff they DON'T teach you in school.
Don't get me wrong, books are great and there is a lot to learn from them but I believe, that more than half of their education should come from Experiencing what the world has to offer, from embracing the different cultures, hearing different languages and tasting all the flavours of the world.
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There are some things you just can't learn from a book, like what it feels like to look down at the clouds from 3,479m up in the Sierra Nevada, Spain.
Chasing snakes in Andalusia, Spain.
Chasing seagulls on a Beach in England.
After all that fun then it's time to get the book's out and we find that they are a lot more willing to learn from a book as they know it's only a small part of their education, as opposed to only being taught from books and ipads like at school.
I don't know anyone on this planet that could say what we are giving our children is anything other than an amazing life experience that they will truly benefit from in the long run, but that's exactly what the Swedish government is saying, in fact, they are going as far as to say that what we are doing is child abuse and that we are denying them their right to a proper education.
What do you think my fellow steemians, are we really abusing our children?
Peace and love to the World
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Abusing your children?! Haha! Goverments are abusing children and adults alike. Government = Slavery. It is the naked truth. It is always funny when the subject of slavery is being mentioned by a politician. I am teacher by profession. But the education system has opened my eyes to the horrors of forced education. Fully upvoted Mark. Love your posts.
Thank you @thedanzel
That's great that you are a teacher and that you see the horrors of forced education, thank you for your continued support of our blog.
We love sharing our lives, especially with people like you.
Thanks again for stopping by and the resteem :)
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Hi @markwhittam! What a beautiful article with a great message. I just accidentally ran into it while surfing through the https://steemit.com/created page. Lucky me! :-)
If I had kids, I would educate them in the very same way.
I resteemed your article hoping that it will find an even wider audience :) Have a steemy weekend!
Wow, Thank you @surfermarly we really appreciate that you would do this for us, we are big followers of your blog and love reading about your adventures :)
That's so cute, thank you! :) It's been my pleasure and I will follow your (family) adventures, too, now!
Wow thank you @surfermarly, check out the big green steem machine, our tinyhouse that we travel around in, this bus is any surfers dream :) thanks again :)
Thanks, found it through your re-steem. :)
Excellent :)
Replied to your message in the steemit.chat btw.
Yo tambien! Gracias!
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Letting your children learn about the world by experiencing the world is the true way. Books are fantastic, but not the dull, theoretical stuff at schools, taught by strangers. This is my last year in education, because I now see that I contribute to the educational system, which forces kids to be put in rooms 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, 40 weeks a year, from age 5 to 18. Who can raise a child better than its entrusted parents? This was a lovely article to read just before my departure to Indonesia. You've got my love and support. May we show children the beauty of the planet by being part of the planet. Outside, all senses wide open. See you in 4 weeks! Will miss you bro.
Thanks buddy I'm really glad you liked this piece as I feel very strongly about it, and it's great to have you a teacher and @thedanzel tell me the same thing, I have another friend who is a teacher that homeschools for the same reasons.
Have a great trip my friend and I look forward to getting a 100% upvote from you when you get back and your voting power is a full potential, ;)
Thanks for this good information
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Great post!
I couldn't agree more. I have taken my family to multiple countries and many states in just 6 years. They can have conversations with adults, swim in freezing rivers, climb mountains, harvest and eat wild eatables, and so much more.
The truth is that the education system was designed to create a work force to follow rules and fuel the global elite industrialization and consumerism word.
I have been starting to post a lot about how capable children can be when given real opportunities to experiment, observe, interact and CHOOSE for them selfs how they learn and use their time. Its quite amazing.
Great to see you all living it up and sharing here on Steemit.
SteemON!
Wow, What you are giving your children can't be measured by grades like A's or F's, it's pure life what you are teaching them.
Schools nowadays are just churning out factory workers and truck drivers, people are coming out of university with 30k debt to stack shelves at the local supermarket. I'm just waiting for the rest of the world to wake up to this madness. I look forward to reading your posts about children's capabilities, as I too believe they are massively underestimated by a lot of parents, my children have, and continue to blow me away with their understanding of the world and how it works.
Thanks for the interaction @quinneaker
I totally agree!
Its nice to connect with someone here on Steemit on that path. I just wrote two good posts about my family/children this week if u wanna check em out.
I will also be writing a lot more about it as I feel its of the utmost importance.
Gret to connect with you.
SteemON!
Would you like to have a guest with our children?i'm sure that they will learn a lot from you.Although it is difficult in our country Turkey,we will try same way at least.
Yeah sure, come and visit our eco-community in Portugal next year :)
I have friends from Turkey and Syria but I never knew it was different to home educate your children.
Thank you for stopping by.
When will you be in Sweden? next summer we will be there . In past ıt was possible but now Unfortunately,in Turkey no permission for home education and actually here , can not be said to be a school education ;-)
Excellent post, you guys should be really proud of yourselves. Stuff the government, what 'education' actually means varies from person to person and government, just continue to do what you feel is right. Nice one!
Thank you @abh12345 and yes we are proud actually, especially when we get reactions like yours, it really makes us feel we are doing the right thing :)
Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us :)
@markwhittam I love reading your posts! You and your wife are doing amazing things for your children's lives... Keep going.
lots of love,
@mysticlilly16
Thank you @mysticlilly16 comments like this makes it all worth it. I'm glad you enjoy reading about our journey :)
There's no better way to teach your children, I'm trying to do the same.
Keep goin, you on the right path! Cheers!