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When your unschooled child games all day and you do not know if it is deschooling or addiction

My unschooled twelve-year-old has been playing video games for eight hours a day for six months and I do not know if this is deschooling or if I am watching him waste his life.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The line between natural recovery and concerning patterns requires discernment that can only emerge from patient observation without premature judgment.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Alternative education — Montessori Waldorf unschooling?”

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