And neither was any child exposed to gadgets 50 years back and everyone turned out just fine but take away a teen’s mobile today and all hell may break loose. In the most unusual experiments, photographer Niki Boon a mom of four lives with her family on a 10-acre farm in New Zealand. Niki decided to remove all gadgets like Televisions and cell phones from her home where they were inaccessible to her kids. Instead, she raised them to find leisure and playtime outdoors so that they could be more in tune with nature and enjoy the outdoors rather than be couch potatoes watching TV or texting.
The family has been living gadget free but here comes the shocker, her children are unschooled but yet she chose such a step to allow her children to grow up in natural surroundings. She also documents the experiment as part of an ongoing photography project titled “Children in the raw” where she photographs them in their daily activities on the farm. Well!! Although a gadget-free childhood is commendable where children can derive pleasure from physical activity and books, would it be good or bad for a child to remain uneducated, you decide!
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Heidemarie Schwermer was a psychotherapist in Germany where she lived with her children and grandchildren. In 1994 at the age of 52, she established the “give and take” central which was Germany’s first exchange circle. She then decided to live without money where she gave away all her belongings in order to start the experiment of living without money.
Shermer has been living without money ever since having stepped out of the daily lifestyle that requires money to survive. She is worry free of possessions, never uses public transport and always carried necessary items in a small bag. She has also published the book Das Sterntaler experiment – mein Leben ohne Geld (“The sterntaler experiment – my life without money”).
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When Sarah Christmann was gifted a corset by her husband on her 29th birthday, she felt it changed her life. The old-fashioned garment was an inspiration behind an experiment where she soon began to dress exclusively with costumes from the Victorian age. Her husband soon joined her in her newfound passion and since then the couple has been living their lifestyle according to the Victorian age but within the constraints of the modern day.
Sarah actually washes with a pitcher and basin everyday and even stitches all her own garments made from natural fiber. She doesn’t use a car and her home is lit by oil lamps where they live in a Victorian styled home in Port Townsend in WA. Sarah uses a book of 19th-century recipes to cook her food. She uses a refrigerator to store food although she is hoping to changeover to an icebox soon. Sarah has also penned a book on Victorian living.
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