Family of 6 in PA

Our free little children don't look like controlled, molded, shamed,
rewarded/punished, directed little children. They often look wild, fearless,
determined, raw. Sometimes they look too big for a controlled, disciplined,
"proper" society. They experiment. They feel and express themselves,
including their negative emotions.

Then suddenly, like a miracle that we don't notice until after it is
accomplished - like the peach tree suddenly being covered in blooms - our
wild, difficult, outspoken little children, are creative, open, thoughtful,
outspoken yet courteous, loving, acceptant and tolerant, self-aware and
optimistic teenagers and young adults. They aren't secretly self
destructive, or strangers to their parents.

--Robyn L. Coburn