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Featured today on takingchildrenseriously.com:
None ‘more equal than others’

“How are parents and children are equals?!”

None of the Diana Baumrind ‘parenting’ styles—authoritarian, authoritative, permissive (and neglectful)—take children seriously as equally sovereign people

“All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others”?

The approval (or disapproval) given by the one in charge to the one below vs the natural delight expressed between equals

“When does an equal ask permission?”

Equals vs paternalism

‍“How is the word ‘parenting’ not taking children seriously?”

The new view of children as equal sovereign individuals: no source of ideas treated as authoritative

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