"Unschooling"

Unschooling is a controversial new educational trend that has been popping up on all the news stations. According to Wikipedia, "Unschooling refers to a range of educational philosophies and practices centered on allowing children to learn through their natural life experiences, including child directed play, game play, household responsibilities, work experience and social interaction, rather than through a more traditional school curriculum."

In my opinion, it seems dangerous to give children so much authority at a young age. What if they decide that they don't want to do anything at all? And how will this help to prepare them for the real world? I feel that this will give children an unhealthy assumption that they will always be able to control everything in their lives and they will be in for a rude awakening when they go to attend college (if they should choose to do so). "Unschooling encourages exploration of activities led by the children themselves, facilitated by the adults." Wouldn't most children prefer this kind of learning if they were given a choice? Kids would also like to have pizza and ice cream for every meal, should we allow that as well? Where do we draw the line? It's sort of like that Rolling Stones song that says "You can't always get what you want..."