Featured today on takingchildrenseriously.com:
Matters of safety
🆘 Surely it is necessary to coerce children to avoid them doing unsafe or unethical things?
☣️ “In matters of safety, I am authoritarian”
🤔 Surely it is not coercive to have a rule that whenever our child goes out, he must first tell us where he is going and for how long? What about being a responsible parent?!
🤮 What if your child wants a dangerous substance?
🧩 “What if…?” questions
🥶 If my five-year-old were allowed to open the garden gate, she would be off wandering all over the neighbourhood and might be run over or kidnapped or murdered etc.
🧠 How about explaining to your children?
♒️ Keeping children safe without imprisoning them in the home
🫣 Explanations and experience
🧨 There is no safety in ignorance
🚛 What if your child runs into traffic?
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