NMY,
Welcome! We're an unschooler family too.(Dreamer--our definition of it is that unschoolers are homeschoolers but we didn't follow any curriculum or do any at home classes or assignments. And each kid drove the direction of what they wanted to learn.) We are empty-nesters; our kids are now 25 and 19 and both are in college. I don't think you ever stop thinking of yourself as an unschooler family even when the kids are gone. We all loved unschooling and it worked really well for us. Have you read or heard of the book: "The Teenage Liberation Handbook" by Grace Llewellyn? That was a great source of inspiration for us and both our son and daughter attended Grace's Not-Back-To-School Camp several times. The 25 year old went to the very first camp 10 years ago and both of them still have many friends from all over the country and Canada that they've travelled to see and that have visited them over the years. For the millenium new year we had 15 of them staying with us in our little house for a week and a half long party--and they were the most amazing kids. I sold an article about it to Home Education Magazine.
Have you unschooled your son from the beginning? How about your older kids? Glad you're here.

Dream of the Circle of Women
by Dahti Blanchard
published May 2004 by Spilled Candy Books
visit: www.dahtiblanchard.com