--- title: Unschooling, Screen Time and Family Life description: Unschooling, Screen Time and Family Life --- [![catholic-mom-logo-v2](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/images/catholic-mom-logo-v2.svg "catholic-mom-logo-v2")](https://www.catholicmom.com/) [![facebook](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-facebook.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/CatholicMomCommunity) [![twitter](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-twitter.svg)](http://twitter.com/CatholicMomCom) [![instagram](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-instagram.svg)](http://instagram.com/catholicmomcommunity) [![youtube](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-youtube.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuUqHCVPDzyMgSMaMZxxug?view_as=subscriber) [![search-icon](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/search-icon.svg)](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2013/05/23/unschooling-screen-time-and-family-life#) # Unschooling, Screen Time and Family Life May 23, 2013 11:00:22 AM  |  by [Guest](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/guest) [![Unschooling](https://www.catholicmom.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Unschooling-299x400.jpg?width=299&height=400&name=Unschooling-299x400.jpg)](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Unschooling.jpg) Homeschooling or Unschooling? I’ve heard bits and pieces about unschooling from some of you since I[first began this homeschooling journey](http://kellythekitchenkop.com/2012/06/if-you-thought-i-was-crazy-before-wait-til-you-hear-this-one.html).  It never really sounded like it was for us (I’m a ‘routine’ kind of gal, and if it’s not a plan set in stone, it likely isn’t going to happen around here), but incorporating pieces and parts of it might not be so bad. Something inside of me wonders if I’ll look back and wish I had ‘gotten it’ sooner about unschooling, the way I wish I had ‘gotten it’ sooner about homeschooling. 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