2011 September 17 « Clan of Parents

Sadie’s Fashion Show

Sadie decided to stage a fashion show last week as a surprise for Daddy. She painstakingly chose four outfits (off to France, evening wear, sleep wear, and beach wear) for each of us, choreographed our moves, and helped to edit the video clips to music. What a fun project!

September 17, 2011 Posted by Sarah | Family | fashion show, homeschool, project, Sadie, unschool, video | 1 Comment

Our Year in Pictures

We started our full-time travel in July of 2010, selling our suburban home in Ft. Worth, Texas and everything in it.
People keep saying, “Can you believe it’s been a year already?!” Yes. In fact, it feels like so much longer. We have lived, experienced, and explored so much in the last year that I am floored that it has only…been…one…year. We rarely felt rushed. We traveled on a timeframe of our own choosing and adjusted according to how we were feeling. We have grown so much in so many ways. This video is a brief overview of our travels from July, 2010 to September, 2011. Enjoy.

September 17, 2011 Posted by Sarah | RV, Travel log | chris parent, extended family travel, full-time travel, Humans Being, RV, Sarah Parent, unschool | 1 Comment

About the Parent Clan

We are the Parent Clan- originally from southern New Hampshire, we spent 3 years in north central Texas before taking to the road in July of 2010 in our 39 foot RV for a life of travel and continued connection. This blog is a chronicle of our exciting adventures as an unschooling, free living family as we explore ourselves, each other, and our world!

We are a family of 4 humans and 2 dogs sharing minimal square footage and maximal love of exploration and togetherness. How better to fulfill these two than to release ourselves from the physical and financial tethers of suburbia and pursue our passions?

Sarah podcasts and writes about unschooling (radical and otherwise) and connected parenting/partnering/family living at: www.werhumansbeing.com. She is a devoted and joyful mother, cook, playmate, and soulmate. She shares her continued REthinking of all facets of life and living by co-publishing Rethinking Everything Magazine (check it out!). As a Registered Nurse of 12 years who has completely RE-thought health and the human condition, Sarah has attained a deep understanding of the fundamentals of joyful health and wellness that goes way beyond, and even undermines, much of what is traditional thought, taught, and followed in Western medicine.

Chris recently joined Clan of Parents to blog about his evolution as a conscious person and unschooling dad. His process of growth has most recently resulted in the transition from cubicle professional to traveling online professor in business and network technologies for several universities. He speaks about conscious evolution and unschooling from the male perspective, shares how he escaped corporate slavery, and provides technological solutions for home and mobile A/V and networking.

Elijah (7.5 years) and Sadie (6 years) are truly authentic beings. They live according to a community code of conduct rather than sets of behavioral rules. Because of the distinct lack of manipulative and coercive parenting techniques, they do only what feels good (treating others well feels good) and constantly amaze those around them with their bright personalities, acute awareness of others and their surroundings, and sharp intellect.

We’re looking forward to connecting with you!