Unschooling, Good or Bad?

This week while I am in staff training for Camp Johnsonburg, there is another camp that is sharing our campsite to run their own camp. This camp is called Stomping Ground. Stomping Ground is a camp that does not have its own site but uses other camps to run theirs. Stomping Ground is based on the principle of unschooling. Unschooling is a method of homeschooling where the desires, motives, drive, and responsibility for life is put in the hands of the learner. This idea seems like a good one, however after watching this camp occur I have swayed against the idea. Watching the little kids that have been here doing as they please with little structure I have felt that they are endangering their well being in society. Many of these children did not understand why they had to follow our camps pool rules, and did not listen to the rules any way which lead to a lifeguard having to do a rescue. Although this idea is good in the sense it allows children to be open and express themselves freely however they would like, it still seems to be an unsafe environment to grow up learning in. Perhaps if there was a bit more structure to unschooling, this would be a great thing for children to grow up in.