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So, there are some things that you are pushing your kids to learn… so much for unschooling ;)
Excellent advice.
It can’t be unschooling if it was never taught in school isn’t it?
Excellent advice indeed. I wish I had such lessons.
So when is your homeschooling book coming out?
Don’t print it. Make it an online book with lots of infographics and videos.
Your kids and other unschoolers should be in it to talk about their experiences and how they do it.
Mentorship is ingrained in certain cultures. In academia it is part of the landscape. It is very easy for undergraduates to find mentor relationships if they are willing to act like graduate students, by doing a little independent reading that coincides with their interests, and then seeking out a professor with related interests. Very few undergraduates avail themselves of that opportunity.
The military is another culture where mentorship is a normal part of the landscape, and to seek mentorship is the main ingredient to finding it. One advantage of spending some time in the military is the likelihood of learning a lot about leadership faster, because of that culture.
In business it is much trickier, because there are no such norms, and so you have to work much harder to find the opportunities for mentorship and then luck is often involved.
Oh how I wish I had learned how to get a mentor. And to ask good questions. I am definitely the result of an education. Of course, I could figure it out now, but I wish I had had those kind of experiences as a kid. I’m glad my kids will have those kinds of opportunities.