Lush Life

I was mentally revisiting all the stuff on this blog that I have written about. I was struck by what a rich life Supriya and Aseem are living: hiking, roller-skating, swimming, riding bicycles, drawing pictures, playing with friends, reading, singing, gymnastics, watching documentaries and other movies, knitting, sledding - the list goes on and on.

Manisha and I grew up in India and we had generally good memories of our respective childhoods. We played with our neighborhood friends a lot, and we were outdoors a lot. But we had a small fraction of the material abundance these kids have and probably even less in terms of mental or cultural abundance. There was no TV. The world was limited to our local neighborhood. In contrast, Supriya and Aseem are citizens of the world. They live in the richest and most open country in the world. More importantly, they are living in the 21st century. They are aware of so much more than we were at that age. It's a lush life indeed. With all these glorious possibilities available to them, this is also probably the best time to be an unschooler!