Meeting notes https://twitter.com/nickredmark/status/1269294889654718474
Never occurred to me that someone could read a book about the local public school system.
Antiauthoritarian parenting
Free range parenting
Unconditional parenting
Punished by rewards
Partnership vs domination
consent-based education vs coercive
student-led education

Is #gameb aligned with this?
@jgreenhall recommends https://integralparenting.com/ 
I'm taking it :)
Probably relevant: "love is that which enables choice" by Forrest Landry

But. What about boundaries? Where to put boundaries? How to set boundaries?

Encourage but don't push
Parents: a shared state of confusion. And guilt. And shame.
Processing your trauma: hard to do once you have children. Parents need (and lack) support groups.
And another dimension: the strain that children put on relationships, and little time to process them. Lots of relationships break up when children arrive. Difficult to find people to talk about it. Again, support groups.
Integrate children in more of life.

Great approach to accepting homeoffice with children: "this is life". Allow children to be in the background of work calls, screaming. This is life.
#gameb community is actually generally quite understanding.
Book: mindstorms
Author studied with Jean Piaget
You best learn french in France, but to learn math where do you go?
I can recommend this playlist:
Give them the tools they need and trust them 100% that they will learn.
The fixed size, and age of classrooms does seem absurd.

Retreat centers should include kids.
Adjacent possible: start having gatherings with local parents.
We have to relearn to dwell in the local.
Let's not forget how #covid has made parents' life harder.
http://educationrevolution.org 
a good starting point
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Maybe there's a tradeoff between efficient learning and self-motivation.

Grades as a form of manipulation.

What does it mean to force someone to do something?
Environment is important: if you're surrounded by others passionate about learning...
Homeschooling illegal in Germany ☹️
Hope situation is better in Switzerland
If you ask questions about the very room you are in you have learning possibilities/material for the rest of your life.
Also relevant, the Game~B Parenting facebook group:

https://web.facebook.com/groups/gamebparenting/
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