RE: NOT-BACK-TO-SCHOOL TODAY ... and how School is Developmentally-Inappropriate for my Right-Brained Child
Dr. Moore's book, Better Late Than Early, did advocate for what people now call "unschooling" but only up to the age that the child is developmentally ready to start formal schooling. So that would be age 8, 9 or 10 depending on the child. He didn't mention homeschooling at all in the book or about teaching them anything formal at home. He said to just let them be children until you put them into the age-appropriate grade. Now that he advocates for homeschooling, he says that some children should not start formal schooling until age 12. I think it really depends on the child and what their learning style is. I have been unschooling so far (although I dabbled in little bits of formal teaching). My son will be 12 this month. He is extremely right-brained and so that pushes out his age of starting formal schooling to the latest norm. I will see if or how he progresses to doing more formal work. It is a journey for me, that I modify based on each child and what is best for them.
I see your point. I should have been more clear (comments are limited). I guess I used a "buzz-word". By "no schooling" I meant turning them over to nature without any parental supervision e.g. "Lord of the Flies" or something. I would just distinguish the point that every parent, even while "unschooling", is teaching. Manners, being good, chores etc. are all education and instruction and I lumped that in with "school" and that is definitely different than formal school.
You are right. He did differentiate "formal" education or school. I think, if I remember correctly, that he had evidence that showed children who waited until 10-12 could make up all the years of k-5/ k-6 in a very short time. Maybe two to six months. I think that is because when kids hang around their parents all the time, they just learn and they are confident in their position and love from their family.
Yes. Unschooling is not unparenting.