Choices from the Heart
December 17th, 2007
For me, freedom begins in the childhoods that we, as parents, are responsible for. If we follow along with what society/culture has coerced us to believe, then our children will struggle and possibly never understand the meaning or value of freedom.
If we do whatever it takes to give them a childhood of unparalleled freedom, they will know themselves and naturally progress on the freedom track. They won’t be bogged down with asinine rules and regulations created to ensure docile obedient adults…adults who have no understanding of freedom.
My freedom lay in raising a free child, in ignoring the remarks of others telling me that I was ruining her life by giving her freedom. I felt freedom radiate through me as I sat, year after year, quietly watching my daughter grow and make decisions according to what she really felt and believed. Her choices came from her heart and were not influenced by what she thought a teacher, controlling parent or even a peer wanted.
Raising my unprocessed child was more freeing than anything I’ve ever done – before or since. And now she soars.
School is the antithesis of freedom. Remove that burden from your child’s life and they will experience true freedom, naturally entering the adult world with a strength that is lacking in today’s leaders.
by Valerie Fitzenreiter, author
The Unprocessed Child: Living without School
www.ubpub.com
