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Taking Children Seriously

Featured today on takingchildrenseriously.com:
Taking Children Seriously is a new view of children

Taking Children Seriously is a new view of children, not merely a new ‘do’

Welcome to Taking Children Seriously

Dynamic tradition and children

Taking Children Seriously: a new view of children, with many examples highlighting the difference in view

Showing the new view (vs old view thinking) in a concrete practical example

How this question “How do you raise a child to believe in freedom?” is coming from the old view perspective

“Do children not taught that they can’t always get their own way become entitled and inconsiderate?” – a question from the old paternalistic view of children

Once you see the new view you can’t unsee it

Children as subhuman aliens

A new-view reframe of “What if my child wants to buy every toy in the shop, and does not consult me?”

Running into the street

“What do you mean by ‘paternalism’?”

“What is Taking Children Seriously?”

How questions like “What if a child wants to buy something the parent is boycotting for moral reasons?” imply the old view of children

“What if your baby can’t be reasoned with?” assumes that the old view of children is true

Sincere tyrannies

How the new view of children helps resolve conflicts

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