books to get you started
These few recommendations are offered as a basic starting point for your own thoughtful evolution.
These few recommendations are offered
as a basic starting point for your
own thoughtful evolution.
for self-design & unschooling:
Summerhill by A.S. Neill
How Children Learn by John Holt
How Children Fail by John Holt
SelfDesign by Brent Cameron
Weapons of Mass Instruction by John Gatto
Punished by Rewards by Alfie Kohn
for gentle and respectful parenting:
Connection Parenting: Parenting Through Connection Instead of Coercion, Through Love Instead of Fear by Pam Leo
Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn
Radical Unschooling - A Revolution Has Begun by Dayna Martin
The Parent's Tao Te Ching: Ancient Advice for Modern Parents by William Martin
Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves by Naomi Aldort
The Continuum Concept by Jean Liedloff
for freedom, sustainability consciousness:
Seven Simple Steps to Personal Freedom: An Owner's Manual for Life
by Gerry Spence
Spontaneous Evolution: Our Positive Future (and a Way to Get There from Here) by Bruce H. Lipton Ph.D. and Steve Bhaerman
Anastasia by Vladimir Megre' (there are 9 books in this profoundly wise and provocative series)
Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit
by Daniel Quinn
Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself
by Daniel Pink
overcoming your childhood trauma/abuse:
Free from Lies: Discovering Your True Needs by Alice Miller
For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence by Alice Miller
Radical Honesty by Brad Blanton
The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent: Living the Art of Allowing
by Esther Hicks
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