Zoë Neill Readhead

Principal of A.S. Neill’s Summerhill School ☀️ Barefoot in November: Parenting the Summerhill Way 📖 Available now!

[Zoë Neill Readhead @zoeneillauthor]

Hi! I’m new to Twitter and wanted to introduce myself. My name is Zoë, and I’m the principal of A.S. Neill’s Summerhill School. I’m also the author of a parenting book, aiming to make Summerhill’s approach to #childhood and #learning more accessible. 😊☀️

[Zoë Neill Readhead @zoeneillauthor]

It’s 140 years today since my dad, A.S. Neill, was born. This is a birthday card I made for him once upon a time… Heaps of love forever ❤️ Zoë xxx
#asneill #summerhillschool

[Walter H. Pierce @walterhpierce2]

This quote from A. S. Neill I have put into my Education and Creativity category. To see more quote-posters from this topic of the Creative Process go to:
https://t.co/uK4tf4sBhC

[Zoë Neill Readhead @zoeneillauthor]

@jacksaturday @jdcmedlock Thank you for recommending my book. 😊

[Zoë Neill Readhead @zoeneillauthor]

I wrote about managing emotions, and many other parenting topics in my book Barefoot in November: Parenting the Summerhill Way. available here: https://t.co/j6vr1CMHcL
#summerhillschool #asneill

[Zoë Neill Readhead @zoeneillauthor]

Too many parents try to compensate for their own upbringing, which they felt was too dominating, by giving their children a free range to do whatever they want.
Being assertive and in control of family life is not being bossy or tyrannical, it is just good management. #parenting

[Zoë Neill Readhead @zoeneillauthor]

@500wayscom Thank you for sharing 🥰 My dad and my school 💛

[Zoë Neill Readhead @zoeneillauthor]

The importance of self-government at Summerhill School 💛
#alternativeeducation #childhood #asneill

[early play @earlyplay]

Children do not need teaching as much as they need love and understanding. ~ A.S. Neill
Image thanks to A.S. Neill Summerhill School

[Zoë Neill Readhead @zoeneillauthor]

Barefoot in November: Parenting the Summerhill Way is available on the school website 💛 https://t.co/1UIfJgB6GU

[Zoë Neill Readhead @zoeneillauthor]

‘If society treated any other group of people the way it treats its children there would be an outcry.’
- Zoë Neill Readhead
#parentingbook #summerhillschool

[Zoë Neill Readhead @zoeneillauthor]

https://t.co/1UIfJgB6GU

[Zoë Neill Readhead @zoeneillauthor]

Unfortunately, the passion that drives parents to love and care for their children can lead to overthinking. This often blurs the more sensible and basic realities of family life. Parents allow their own fears and worries to cloud their children’s lives. 1/4

[Zoë Neill Readhead @zoeneillauthor]

You need to look at yourselves as parents and be honest about your fears and prejudices in life and then try to ensure that you do not allow them to transfer to your children. The question – ‘Am I doing this for me or am I doing it for my children?’ is a very important one. 4/4

[Zoë Neill Readhead @zoeneillauthor]

Lovely to hear my dad’s voice… 🥰

[Zoë Neill Readhead @zoeneillauthor]

Barefoot in November is available here: https://t.co/1UIfJgB6GU #parentingbook #alternativeeducation

[Zoë Neill Readhead @zoeneillauthor]

I wrote the book Barefoot in November primarily to try and offer parents an insight into the proven and successful philosophy of A.S.Neill’s Summerhill School, now 100 years old. I looked at ways people could use some of these tried and tested methods in their own homes. 🧵 1/5

[Zoë Neill Readhead @zoeneillauthor]

So, with all my experience of living and being involved with Summerhill, I wish to share this information in my book and to help those families who struggle with the, often negative, results of these regimes. 5/5