Featured today on takingchildrenseriously.com:
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“Unless we get children try different things, how will they ever learn which things are fun and which are not fun?”
“Surely coercion is ok when the parent is right and the child is wrong?”
I know what’s good for you
“What if my child wants me to help her murder someone?”
How they feel about the coercion at the time
Rival theories about early walking and talking
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Differences in knowledge not reason
“Does Taking Children Seriously mean children always getting their own way?”
Playing with guns, real coercion
Do not wait until you are perfect
Mistakes and what to do about them
A lack of forcefulness is good not bad
“Surely it is natural for parents to control their children?”
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