]> http://www.takingchildrenseriously.com en http://www.takingchildrenseriously.com/introductory_articles_on_TCS <p>A few important articles to get you started.</p> TCS Philosophy 5 Thu, 01 Jun 2006 12:03:25 +0200 http://www.takingchildrenseriously.com/treat_information_about_local_education_authorities_with_caution <p>Why you should think twice before praising a particular LEA (local education authority).</p> 1 Education Sat, 21 Jan 2006 19:58:30 +0100 http://www.takingchildrenseriously.com/unschooling_and_academic_education_3 <p>More discussion with a radical unschooler on the subject of education and coercion.</p> TCS Philosophy Education Sat, 21 Jan 2006 18:39:21 +0100 http://www.takingchildrenseriously.com/unschooling_and_academic_education_2 <p>Parents often fear that a child might make the wrong decisions about what to learn.</p> TCS Philosophy 4 Education Sat, 21 Jan 2006 18:24:43 +0100 http://www.takingchildrenseriously.com/the_bed_making_story <p>A charming story for everyone who has a bed-making issue.</p> 2 Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:21:08 +0100 http://www.takingchildrenseriously.com/positive_interpretations <p>Misunderstandings and miscommunication are common occurrences, so it is wise not to jump to negative conclusions.</p> TCS Philosophy 5 Mon, 16 Jan 2006 08:26:28 +0100 http://www.takingchildrenseriously.com/feeling_bad <p>This piece by Elliot may help some understand TCS ideas about coercion and solving problems.</p> TCS In Practice TCS Philosophy 5 Sun, 08 Jan 2006 11:24:53 +0100 http://www.takingchildrenseriously.com/unschooling_and_academic_education_1_0 <p>The implication of saying that there are things children must learn to study is that the children may not want to learn them, because they won't know that they are valuable until later. But if you can't enumerate them all, then how do you know, when you are forcing your children to do one of them, that you are not preventing your children from doing another? Also, if you can't enumerate them all, how do you think the children are going to learn the ones you are unable to enumerate? In fact, I believe that not only can you not enumerate them all, but you can't KNOW them all, that you can't even know a millionth part of them.</p> 5 Education Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:24:44 +0100 http://www.takingchildrenseriously.com/putting_education_first <p>The criticism sometimes levelled at TCS parents, that they must be doormats, is in terms of education actually more appropriate when applied to conventional parents.</p> Self-sacrifice TCS Philosophy 10 Education Thu, 05 Jan 2006 13:06:36 +0100 http://www.takingchildrenseriously.com/unschooling_and_karl_popper <p>What Karl Popper has to say that is relevant to education.</p> TCS Philosophy 5 Education Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:26:17 +0100 http://www.takingchildrenseriously.com/supporting_a_childs_choice_to_go_to_school <p>How to help a child to try school safely.</p> 3 Education Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:59:45 +0100 http://www.takingchildrenseriously.com/does_your_child_love_visiting_the_dentist <p>To ensure that your child loves visiting the dentist, read this!</p> TCS In Practice 10 Mon, 25 Jul 2005 15:49:13 +0200 http://www.takingchildrenseriously.com/non_coercive_schools <p>Are schools inherently coercive, or is that just a property of all (or nearly all?) existing schools, and come the revolution, could there be TCS schools?</p> TCS Philosophy 7 Education Sun, 03 Jul 2005 12:07:19 +0200 http://www.takingchildrenseriously.com/the_dark_side_of_john_holt <p>Despite having been influenced by our very own David Deutsch, John Holt was not as close to TCS as we might have hoped.</p> TCS Philosophy 10 Education Fri, 01 Jul 2005 04:19:04 +0200 http://www.takingchildrenseriously.com/questioning_natural_consequences <p>Mary Ann points out that if a friend knocked over a cup, we would help clean it up, so why not do so for our children too?</p> TCS In Practice Thu, 30 Jun 2005 02:03:42 +0200