Mary Griffith - The Unschooling Handbook

The families who completed the questionnaire for this book represent fifty-seven children who have been unschooling for over two hundred kid-years.

Amy , ldaho, lives with her husband and their daughters (six, five, and three). She worked as a copyeditor and magazine production manager until her first child was born, and is now a full-time homemaker. Her husband is finishing an accounting degree and works as an office manager. The children have always unschooled.

Andrea , Nevada, is a full-time mom, and her husband is an Air Force master sergeant. They have a ten-year-old son and an eight-year-old daughter; both have been unschooling since leaving public school last year.

Ann , California, is a part-time writer, and her husband is a software engineer. They live in northern California with their two always-unschooled daughters (nine and thirteen).

Carol B. , Florida, and her husband (an immunology professor) have unschooled their kids since 1988, when their son was almost six and their daughter was almost nine.

Carol E. , California, is a retired registered nurse who recently closed her family-based daycare business; her husband is chief financial officer for an international service business. Their younger daughter just entered a private school for sixth grade, while their older daughter continues unschooling.

Carolyn , Pennsylvania, and her husband are both in the computer businessshe with a small desktop publishing business, and he as a computer security specialist. Their eleven-year-old daughter and eight-year-old son have unschooled for two years.

Cathy B. , California, lives with her husband in a mountain town in Northern California and unschools her nine-year-old son.

Cathy R. , Pennsylvania, is starting a home-based sales business. Her husband is a college professor and part-time farmer. Their childrentwo boys (ten and four) and one girl (eight)have always unschooled.

Chase , Florida is Carol B. eighteen-year-old daughter. She has been accepted for admission by all three colleges she applied to and is now considering her options for life beyond unschooling.

Cindy , Wisconsin, and her husband both have engineering backgrounds. Currently, he works full-time and she is employed part-time. Their two sons (twelve and nine) have always unschooled.

Emilie , Washington, and her husband live in a small town with their two sons (nine and four), who have always unschooled.

Grace , California, and her husband are both in the computer businessshe from home and he outside the home. Their two children (eight and five) have always unschooled.

Jill , California, is a single mother of three teenagers, all unschooled all their lives, all beginning to strike out on their own.

Jo , Louisiana, is a self-employed computer consultant. Her husband is a financial consultant with a brokerage firm. Their eight-year-old son and seven-year-old daughter have always unschool.

Joanne , Virginia, and her husband are biologists. Jenny, their sixteen-year-old daughter, has always homeschooled.

Joyce , Massachusetts, trained as an electrical engineer but now works as a full-time mom and part-time writer. Her husband works full-time as a manufacturing manager. Their six-year-old daughter has unschooled since she left preschool.

Kathy , Illinois, a former biology teacher, currently works part-time as a tutor; her husband is a software engineer. They recently moved from a Chicago suburb to a small rural town. Their sons (eight and five) have always unschooled.

Laura D. , Texas, and her husband, John, have two children (six and four). Although they are based in Texas, they travel extensively because of John work as a motion-picture production sound mixer.

Laura Y. , California, and her husband live in southern California. She is a full-time mom; he works as a driver-courier for an armored car company. Their eight-year-old son and six-year-old daughter have unschooled for a year, after leaving public school to homeschool the previous year.

Liane , California, is a full-time mom married to a chiropractor. Their two twelve-year-old daughters began homeschooling in third grade, but began unschooling after fourth grade.

Lillian , California, lives in a small northern California town with her husband, an airline pilot, and their fifteen-year-old son, who has unschooled since second grade.

Linda , New York, is an at-home mom; her husband works at home as a computer programmer for an out-of-state company. They decided on unschooling before their childrentwo boys (ten and seven) and one girl (four)were born.