Featured today on takingchildrenseriously.com:
Children are sovereign people whose lives are their own

🧠 “Do children taken seriously ever ask permission?”

🔮 How would you like it?

♒️ “If you are not coercing your child, what do you do instead of coercion?”

🧬 Taking children seriously as sovereign individuals whose lives are their own

🌀 “What if a child wants to buy something the parent is boycotting for moral reasons?”

🥶 “My child refuses to wear a coat in the cold! Help!”

🌎 “Our 15-year-old wants to hitchhike to Outer Mongolia by herself. We think she is not yet street-wise enough. What should we do?”

🦠 “What do you do about vaccinating your children?”

❇️ No way out—and loving it

⭐️ Respecting children’s privacy

😳 “If my five-year-old were allowed to open the garden gate, she might be run over or kidnapped or murdered!”

🔶 “At what age should children first leave the house on their own, visit their friend next door on their own, etc.?”

♦️ “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?!”

🍎 “How do you determine what food to give your children?”

🌺 Bathtime and hairwashing

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