Summer: Time to ‘Deschool’

Encourage your children to reengage with their interests and the world around them, and watch them shine

Summer is the ideal time to reconnect with your kids, listen to them, play together, and get to know what their current interests are and what lights them up inside. Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock

If you are a parent of schoolchildren approaching the glorious summer break, might I suggest you use the time to reap the many benefits of deschooling.

Deschooling is a process familiar to many homeschoolers during which you and your family shake off and let go of the many notions, assumptions, and beliefs about learning that have been impressed upon you and your children by school.