Yes, I know one 10yo (11 now?) who still can't read. I worry about that family... eek Unschooling seems to equal lazy mom in their case. frown

Happily, most of the unschoolers I know are nothing like that. They actually seem *more* prepared and organized than the average homeschooler about having materials on-hand for their kids and encouraging some sort of productive use of time. (My kids watch TV; theirs don't. That sort of thing.) In each of the other cases, the kids are progressing quite nicely.

One mom was talking about unschooling swimming. Basically, she took the kids to the pool and let them paddle around until one asked how to perform strokes. So she taught him. The others joined in. That's more what I think of as effective unschooling.

Of course, I don't know anyone who would call herself a "radical" unschooler either. So there's that!

Kriston

Kriston