One step closer to "Ow My Balls!" -or- LARP in the news

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GMA had a story this morning on 'unschooling'. Beyond homeschooling, unschooling is where the kids get no formal instruction, and the responsibility for whatever they may or may not learn is on them. Sort of Montessori method, but without any obligation for the teacher/parent to provide any support. Apparently, this is perfectly legal in some states.
Anyway, the first sight we have of the kids they profile is them having a boffer fight in the front yard with mom. The son is wearing a 'Heroes Wanted' t-shirt, with a definite LARPy look. Google-stalking mom is more productive; she's associated with a LARP-based day and summer camp for kids, also plugged near the bottom of a website of workshop activities for unschoolers. Her unschooling blog hasn't been updated much recently, apparently because Facebook is taking more of her time nowadays, but this is my favorite entry.

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[(Anonymous)]

And what will your child be when he grows up, ma'am? A museum patron? Art gallery attendee? A pleasant and chatty car passenger? Oh, hang on, the means by which you 'uneducate' your son are not 'work', they're how people pass their time when they're NOT working. I guess your 'uneducation' will also suit your son to 'unwork' once he reaches adulthood.