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Featured today on takingchildrenseriously.com:
Practicalities from a Taking Children Seriously perspective

“Children fending for themselves like adults?!”

“Surely children need discipline to teach them self-discipline?”

Sincere tyrannies

Dental coercion disaster

With coercive relatives stay calm and quietly uphold the child’s rights

“What if…?” questions revisited

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

New parent? Planning to have a baby and questioning the standard parenting ideas? Don’t miss this critical discussion!

Why giving children rules and boundaries is a mistake

My heavenly-horrific vision of Taking Children Seriously

Never made to write essays?

‍“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?!”

Reluctant at drop-off yet later does not want to leave?

“What if my child wants to buy every toy in the shop, and does not consult me?”

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