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December 19, 2007 By Evie 8 Comments

Duke basketball coach has interesting quote

Filed Under: unschooling

Mike Krzyzewski – “The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions.”

This is so true in so many ways. People set rules for children so they can parent on auto-pilot and not have to be confronted with making decision after decision. I know this is not the context in which he said it but it certainly can apply to unschooling.

Don’t you think?!

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  1. Stephanie says

    December 20, 2007 at 9:37 am

    I totally agree and have posted on it, it is so easy to sit high and mighty and make up rules and punishments. It takes real work, real thinking, real discussion to get to the heart of the matter and parent from the kid’s perspective.

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  2. carri says

    December 20, 2007 at 12:23 pm

    So true, so true…

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  3. Mama Drama Jenny, the Bloggess says

    December 20, 2007 at 1:45 pm

    I had never even heard of unschooling until just now. Fascinating stuff…

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  4. whimsigal says

    December 20, 2007 at 2:42 pm

    Hey Jenny!

    It is fascinating and we love it. I want to shout off the rooftops how much fun it is.

    So glad you stopped by! Your blog is hilarious and a daily stop for me now that I know about it.

    Evie

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  5. KMDuff says

    December 20, 2007 at 10:20 pm

    Thanks for sharing the quote. 🙂 Good food for thought.

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  6. piscesgrrl says

    December 22, 2007 at 10:36 pm

    I DO think. 🙂

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  7. Silvia says

    January 3, 2008 at 4:32 pm

    I love that quote!

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  8. whimsigal says

    January 3, 2008 at 5:31 pm

    Hi Silvia!

    I thought it was a doozy, too!

    Thanks for your comment.

    Evie

    Reply

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