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Misapprehensions about Taking Children Seriously (part 3/3)

The misapprehension that Taking Children Seriously means parents sacrificing themselves ‘for’ their children, self-coercively overriding their own wishes in the name of ‘non-coercion’

The misapprehension that Taking Children Seriously promotes victim mentality/defining yourself in terms of injustice

The misapprehension that being rational implies being an open book (“wanting privacy is not being open to criticism!”) and always welcoming any and all criticism from others (“being open to criticism means listening to my criticism!”) no matter what.

The misapprehension of thinking that coercion is a mistake because it might lead to some future harm such as trauma. (It is unknowable what the future effect will be. Coercion is harmful now.)

The misapprehension that Taking Children Seriously implies that coercion is always wrong

If anti-rational memes are compelling me to coerce my children, what hope is there?!

The “if you disagree with me, ipso facto you are irrational” misapprehension

The misapprehension that “problems are soluble” implies any kind of guarantee that any given problem will be solved—and the misapprehension that if you fail to solve every problem perfectly you are bad and wrong and evil

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