1. Homeschooling v Unschooling Presented by Rebbecca Devitt

2. Homeschooling – school at home, led by parent Unschooling – school at home, led by child Radical Unschooling – school at home, led strictly by the child Definitions

3. Unschooling: “Allowing children as much freedom to learn in the world, as their parents can comfortably bear.” (Pat Farenga) ??? Homeschooling: Teaching one's children at home instead of sending them to school. Unschooling v Homeschooling

4. Unschooling: Inner wisdom & intuitiveness Homeschooling: Foolish & need instruction Premise (child)

5. Children Or Parents Unschooling = children Homeschooling = children & parents Note: Interest is vital, but must be controlled Who Decides

6. Unschooling -Unrestrained -E.g. computer games, junk food, late bedtime = unhealthy kids Homeschooling - Restrained, healthy foods & bedtime = healthy kids Desire

7. Unrestrained fulfilment ≠ satisfaction, but more hunger Consequences of Unschooling

8. Lack of perseverance -No discipline -Confused as to right/wrong & morals Employment difficulty in real world - No qualifications Consequences of Unschooling

9. “Somehow these parents expect children to grow up as stable, well-balanced and healthy individuals, all the while allowing them to watch TV and video games and eat junk food in an unrestricted manner. Radical unschooling is a theory with a glaring internal contradiction.” Why on Earth Homeschool

10. “For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.” Mark 7: 21-23 ‘Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,’ Prov:22:15 &

11. Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. -Proverbs 22:6

12. Resources Pat Farenga‘What is Unschooling?’ Growing Without Schooling. Rebbecca Devitt ‘Why on Earth Homeschool’ (2015) Rebbecca Devitt Publications.