Featured today: Misapprehensions about Taking Children Seriously (part 2/3)
The misapprehension that Taking Children Seriously means overriding your inner wisdom
“What is the psychological impact of not taking children seriously?”
The misapprehension that children being taken seriously are better at detecting coercion
The misapprehension that Taking Children Seriously means the children ruling the parents
My heavenly-horrific vision of Taking Children Seriously
The misapprehension that taking children seriously mean not influencing them
Criticism is valuable—but only when wanted by the person receiving it. Unwanted criticism is coercive education. Coercive education impedes the growth of knowledge. This is true irrespective of age.
The misapprehension that taking children seriously means fetishising explicit communication and ignoring any inexplicit communication that seems inconsistent with the explicit words being spoken
Tomorrow: part 3/3
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