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Newsstand Locations Subscribe Renew Books Advertise Contribute Commentary Editor's Blog Sustainability Statement Ethics Statement Back Issues RSS Feed Natural Life On Facebook Reprints Return to Home Page   Stay informed and inspired with Natural Life and its publisher Life Media. Type in your email address and we'll send you our free e-newsletter. Natural Parenting and Family Life (selected articles from the archives of Natural Life Magazine) Kids in Community The Gifts That Homeschooling Gives Protecting Kids From Commercialism Greening the Easter Bunny Organics Are Good For Kids What is Attachment Parenting? A Baby Cries The Natural Paradox of Childrearing Question Authority Vindication of Trust Breastfeeding: Then and Now Celebrating Green Have Child, Will Get Outside Turn Your Toddler Green Gluten-Free Parenting Home Grown Kids: The Snack Patch   The Messy Room Talking to Children About War Understanding the Vaccine Controversy Cranial Adjustment for "Special Needs" Kids Sleeping With Your Baby Ten Reasons to Sleep With Your Baby Learning Difficulties & the Environment Children and Environmental Change Nurturing Prevents Violence Interview With a Vegetarian Teenager Is Eating Fish Safe During Pregnancy? Ask Naomi Aldort: Should I Night Wean My Toddler? Baby Moon Bliss Ask Naomi Aldort: Baby's Sleep Patterns Ask Naomi Aldort: Preschool or Not? For more articles about natural parenting, visit the Natural Child Magazine website. Check out these books by the publishers of Natural Life Magazine: NEW! Life Learning: Lessons from the Educational Frontier edited by Wendy Priesnitz - A unique collection of 30 essays about the philosophy and the experience of living the unschoolng lifestyle. These are some of the best articles from the last six years of Life Learning magazine. A great introduction to this progressive style of education, written by parents and young people who have experienced it first hand. Includes learning to read and do math without being taught, the importance of unstructured play, learning when you’re ready, what’s wrong with curriculum, trusting children to do their best naturally, a grandparent’s reaction to unstructured homeschooling, learning in the real world, parents as role models, self-reliance in life and learning, and much more. Go here for more information and to order online with free shipping.   COMING SOON! For the Sake of Our Children by Léandre Bergeron, translated by Pamela Levac (foreword by John Taylor Gatto) - A powerful description of a life led respecting and trusting children, from the naturalness of home birth and breastfeeding on demand, through learning by living and working together on a small farm and in a natural food store. The author's ruminations about his philosophy of attachment parenting and self-directed education are woven throughout a series of journal entries describing the daily life of a family of three unschooled teens. The result is a wonderfully warm, sometimes funny, always wise potpourri of advice and inspiration about natural parenting and unschooling. More info.   Challenging Assumptions in Education by Wendy Priesnitz - Why our assumptions about children and education aren't preparing them for life in the 21st Century. How our assumptions about many aspects of life are crippling both our individuality and our collective well-being. And what parents and policy makers can do to change the situation. This controversial new book challenges readers to revolutionize the public education system, using what homeschoolers have learned about how children learn.  Go here for more information, including a recommendation by John Taylor Gatto, and to order online with free shipping.   School Free – The Home Schooling Handbook by Wendy Priesnitz - An updated edition of the best-selling homeschooling and home-based learning handbook by a well-known deschooling pioneer. All you need to know to help your children learn at home. Homeschooling topics covered include: legalities, guiding self-directed learning, assessment, writing and/or choosing curriculum, computers and learning, dealing with objections, socialization, the teenaged unschooler, dealing with school officials, and much more. An extremely useful, one-of-a-kind guide to home-based, independent learning. This book has received dozens of enthusiastic reviews and hundreds of unsolicited testimonials from parents. Go here for excerpts from some reviews, as well as a table of contents, and to order online with free shipping. July/August 2009 May/June 2009 March/April 2009 January/February 2009 November/December 2008 September/October 2008 July/August 2008 May/June 2008 March/April 2008 January/February 2008 November/December 2007   |  About Us  |  Contact  |  Subscribe  | |  Advertise  |  Contribute  |  Privacy Policy  |