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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