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The same for children. They're not being insolent, they're mirroring you.

(Quote) Fair enough? 😊 ~ Rahul Kaushik

A system that was designed to label a child as "ahead" or "behind" is not a system that was designed with the best interest and knowledge of children in mind.

Our children are all unique individuals with curious, imaginative, creative minds. Each one fully capable of learning exactly what they need when they need it.

Any parent with multiple children will tell you that no two children are the same. So how could we ever expect to create an effective system that treats every child as if they were exactly that?

It's impossible.

When we take away the individuality of our children, we essentially take away their humanity. Along with it, we take their drive and passion for learning that they are born with, which is the biggest travesty of all.

Parents, no matter what anyone says, do not ever believe the lie that your child should be somewhere or someone other than exactly who they are right in this moment.

Do not waste thoughts about where your child "should" be - and focus instead on the unique beauty of where they ARE.

If you're feeling that pressure right now, pause all other thoughts and just watch your child for a day or two. Pay attention to their unique talents, the special ways they communicate with you and others, the amazing things they are so very capable of doing already.

I promise you will feel comfort and relief in seeing the truly incredible human that stands in front of you. 💚

Credit Christine Derengowski, Writer

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We include enriching subjects like art study, composer study, poetry, and nature study to give our children a wide variety of interests.

Love this idea for a Christmas ornament!
via Chynna Quinn

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Avatar: calystarose
Because treating people fairly often means treating them differently.

Avatar: aloneindarknes7
This is something that I teach my students during the first week of school and they understand it. Eight year olds can understand this and all it costs is a box of band-aids.

I have each students pretend they got hurt and need a band-aid. Children love band-aids. I ask the first one where they are hurt. If he says his finger, I put the band-aid on his finger. Then I ask the second one where they are hurt. No matter what that child says, I put the band-aid on their finger exactly like the first child. I keep doing that through the whole class. No matter where they say their pretend injury is, I do the same thing I did with the first one.

After they all have band-aids in the same spot, I ask if that actually helped any of them other than the first child. I say, “Well, I helped all of you the same! You all have one band-aid!” And they’ll try to get me to understand that they were hurt somewhere else. I act like I’m just now understanding it. Then I explain, “There might be moments this year where some of you get different things because you need them differently, just like you needed a band-aid in a different spot.”

If at any time any of my students ask why one student has a different assignment, or gets taken out of the class for a subject, or gets another teacher to come in and help them throughout the year, I remind my students of the band-aids they got at the start of the school year and they stop complaining. That’s why eight year olds can understand equity.

Avatar: momo-de-avis
I remember reading somewhere once “we should be speaking of equity instead of equality” and that is a principle that applies here me thinks

If we want our children to be trustworthy, we have to make the truth unconditionally safe. We have to listen to the "little things" that are hard for them if we want them to come to us with the big things. ❤️