The Unprocessed Child: Living Without School
by Valerie FitzenreiterThe Unprocessed Child: Living Without School by Valerie Fitzenreiter is a book about how she raised her daughter, Laurie Chancey, using a combination of unschooling and attachment parenting. The author's philosophy of parenting is based mainly on the works of John Holt and A.S. Neill, combined with her own instincts. The book is organized by topic and includes Fitzenreiter's thoughts and personal anecdotes on socialization, parental responsibility, self-discipline, chores, bedtimes, sex and dating, and many others. She offers her daughter's success in life as evidence that unschooling is a viable way to raise children.
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Laurie Chancey's site
"The Unprocessed Child: Living Without School by Valerie Fitzenreiter, my mother. My upbringing of unschooling and attachment parenting is the subject of the book. Naturally, I encourage you to check it out."
Amazon Editorial Review
The Unprocessed Child is a work of nonfiction about a child raised with no coercion and no curriculum. Laurie Chancey spent her childhood immersing herself in topics of her own choosing. She was never forced to learn something simply because tradition and/or society said it was necessary. No one was looking over her shoulder to make sure she was learning the "proper" subjects.
Having never seen a textbook or taken a test, never used workbooks or any type of teaching techniques, Laurie scored in the top 10% of the state of Louisiana on her college entrance exam. She enrolled in college when she was eighteen, and graduated summa cum laude three and a half years later. Laurie is a bright adult, but her IQ is not why she did so well. She spent her life learning to learn and it’s something that now comes easily to her.
The Unprocessed Child was written by her mother and is full of examples of raising a child with respect and dignity. It is the first book written about a radically unschooled child who has now reached adulthood and is a responsible member of society.
Questions about the radical unschooling lifestyle are answered on topics ranging from socialization, parental responsibility, self-discipline, chores, bedtimes and much more. The book shows that it is not only possible to befriend your child, but that it is highly preferable to the struggles that so many parents go through with their children. It proves that school is not necessary for learning, socializing or motivation.
Where to get the book
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Written by: Valerie Fitzenreiter
11 December 2005
