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Featured today on takingchildrenseriously.com:
Why it is important to assume good intentions

How viewing other people as ill-intentioned interferes with problem-solving

How assuming that people coercing your child are well-intentioned helps

Fallibilism and viewing ourselves and our fellow fallible flawed friends and family kindly

“What if…?” questions revisited

Taking Children Seriously assumes that people are well-intentioned and lack knowledge and make mistakes, not ill-intentioned perpetrators

How assuming bad intentions adversely affects learning

What about the anti-rational parts of your mind?

When one child is attacking another, assume there is a lack of knowledge (vs wilful evil)

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