Skip to content
  • Home
  • FAQ
  • Articles
  • Media
  • Quotations
  • Contact
Taking Children Seriously

Featured today on takingchildrenseriously.com:
Taking Children Seriously perspectives on practicalities

What if a child says “Go away” or “I don’t want to talk about it”?

“How do you handle the issue of other people coercing your child?”

The One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest school of parenting

“Does taking children seriously mean not influencing them?”

Never make a child feel bad

How would you like it?

“Is Taking Children Seriously only for the rich?”

How to make time outs work

“Don’t children prefer strict rules so they know where they stand?”

Disagreeing about children’s rationality

Swearing is not a four letter word

“If my five-year-old were allowed to open the garden gate, she would be off wandering all over the neighbourhood and might be run over or kidnapped or murdered etc.”

“Do children not taught that they can’t always get their own way become entitled and inconsiderate?”

Unnatural consequences

For more articles, see the FAQ or one of the other posts on the site. Would you like to write an article yourself?

Copyright © 2026 Taking Children Seriously