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Featured today on takingchildrenseriously.com:
Making children suffer does not strengthen them

How coercion (even ‘for their own good’) is actually harming children’s ability to learn, solve problems, evolve their thinking, not helping them

“Surely suffering and frustration make us stronger?”

Coerced to change their values

Kids Are Worth it, by Barbara Coloroso: a book review

How about explaining to your children?

“Surely it is cruel to force people to live with the consequences of the ideas and preferences they had when they were children?”

Suffering is neither necessary nor good

“Surely children need to learn to deal with restrictions to prepare them for life in society?”

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