Featured today on takingchildrenseriously.com:
Coercion is the enemy of reason
“What do you have against coercion?”
“What do you have against gentle coercion?”
It is not about prophesying future harm, it is about right now
Coercion is irrational
“Is coercion always wrong?”
“Surely coercion is ok when the parent is right and the child is wrong?”
“If you are not coercing your child, what do you do instead of coercion?”
A common form of double-binding coercion
“If I am not allowed to coerce my child, surely I am being coerced myself?”
Coercion of adults vs. coercion of children
Coercion impairs children’s ability to reason
Coercion punishes children for reasoning
“Surely it is cruel not to coerce children into good choices, or they will regret their choices later?”
“Children want to be coerced”
Children’s coping strategies in the face of coercion
Punishment as a teaching tool
Coerciveness vs non-coerciveness
Coerced to change their values
The satin-slipper-shod coercion is worse than the riding roughshod coercion
“Why not say that the policy is non-coercion except on important issues?”
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