Hello World

When you live life in a way that's slightly different to mainstream it can begin to make you feel a little isolated. "It takes a village to raise a child" but what happens if you are living a modern life surrounded by people who are different from you? Where do you go to then? Where do you go to if you are a father who wants to be actively involved in parenting? For us, this blog is an attempt to answer some of these questions.

We are a couple, with three children, living in urban New Zealand. We are in the privileged position of having been raised with home computers in the 1980s. We come from families full of teachers and value critical thought and sharing ideas. We also value having close and respectful relationships with our children. I am a secular home educator, and my husband is a gamer and the sole income earner for our household.

I guess this is a mihimihi of sorts. Hi, I'm Kath Rushworth and I am a home educating, digital native parent.

Over time I hope to share my perspective. I extend an invitation for you to discuss games, technologies and information we share with each other, and with our children. I don't intend for this to be a place to brag, or tell other people "how to". Parenting is an art that changes as the world and people change, and is a unique relationship between any child and their caregiver. In the words of the brilliant Sir Ken Robinson, "If you're not prepared to be wrong you will never come up with anything original".