tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217767052548097235.post6499110933941405363..comments2017-06-28T17:35:40.785+10:00Comments on Unschooling Sarahs: Children Can Self-RegulateUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217767052548097235.post-25477950507812818292011-04-02T19:14:03.268+11:002011-04-02T19:14:03.268+11:00I'm enjoying following your journey. In our c...I'm enjoying following your journey. In our case (5yo and 2yo here), there are sometimes forays into food substances that give me shudders, but not often, and only one time with an adverse effect (a rash after some red candy) that never repeated itself. Without food limits, one thing doesn't get valued over another, and I'm learning a lot from that. I'm learning to question my most fearful thoughts about food, and so far not one has turned out to be true.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02563098001054682675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217767052548097235.post-2633983075612757162011-03-27T02:05:29.433+11:002011-03-27T02:05:29.433+11:00On sleep. I do wonder how much we are effecting na...On sleep. I do wonder how much we are effecting natural rhythms by having lights on and the telly on. I have noticed with D that darkening the house and turning off the telly seems to give us an easier night. She knows when she is tired but will fight it a lot. We have never forced her to go to bed, but we do change the situation a bit and she will then go happily. <br /><br />Telly is a big one here too. She does watch too much. There is a balance I've noticed, a bit if telly seems to encourage imagination and she will take an idea and run with it. Too much and she can't/won't do anything but watch telly. To the point where she doesn't want to see friends or play or craft or anything. <br /><br />It's so hard to let go of the old ideal. I know I'm on the right track when we are having good days. But those bad days really mess with my resolve.Nathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06930931920360350209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217767052548097235.post-10327120535572315532011-03-26T21:41:27.093+11:002011-03-26T21:41:27.093+11:00We've been battling with this same thing of la...We've been battling with this same thing of late, as you know. Not so much with food as self regulating food has never been an issue here, nor has sleep really. Thankfully their self regulation there hasn't conflicted too much with our wishes. It's the TV that we struggle with. We don't have a TV, but the children now have free access to DVDs, youtube and iview and computer games. It's been an interesting couple of months to say the least. To the untrained eye, it looks like Audrey cannot self-regulate. But there are very obvious reasons why she spends so much time in front of the screen and they can be worked with/around. I'll do a post I think cos it's too much to go into here and it's been quite interesting to be part of. <br /><br />I think you will probably doubt yourselves a hundred times over (we do), but hang in there. As long as you trust in her, you can't go wrong. xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18038992332864003462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217767052548097235.post-54785247246491533842011-03-26T21:28:28.670+11:002011-03-26T21:28:28.670+11:00I don't doubt that kids learn through tv, but ...I don't doubt that kids learn through tv, but it's the behavioural changes we've seen in our kids that have led to us putting a limit to it, and at times cutting it out all together.<br /><br />I've found that only one of my children is able to self regulate tv :/ <br />He tends to hang around me instead and look for other things to do.<br /> <br />It's interesting to me also that the one who watches the most tv is also the one who has the most trouble sleeping and we've also noticed that the amount of screen time he has effects his behaviour (it effects all of them tbh, but it's most obvious and worrying in him).<br /><br />Ideally they'd have less at the moment, but I also use it as a coping mechanism and to get some 'air'...I need it so I don't go insane.<br /><br /><br />Shall be interested to see how Harri's tv and food self regulation goes :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com