They seem amazed that schooling can be open and that education is what we do every day. Education doesn't happen just because our kids get on the bus each morning.
Education is acquired in a lifetime, and learning is a life skill.
We are all learning together, all of the time. For us, it is family learning. We did not come upon this philosophy on our own. He coined the term unschooling, when after many years in the public school system, he saw that change was needed in the way we educate our youth. The philosophy is founded on the belief that children learn what they need to know within the bounds of secure, loving and caring adults.