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How do you protect children noncoercively?

“Explanations are great for older children but how do you protect pre-verbal children without coercion?!”

‘Protection’ against a child’s will is coercion not protection

How about explaining to your children?

“There are some issues on which I am authoritarian”

“My child refuses to wear a coat in the cold! Help!”

Keeping children safe without imprisoning them in the home

“What if your child runs into traffic?”

Parental rules don’t protect children—information does

Genuinely protecting children versus coercing them

There is no safety in ignorance

Making a child feel bad doesn’t help if you’re trying to protect them

Coercively protecting children

“How do you noncoercively protect a child who wants to visit their friend next door on their own, go to the park on their own, etc.?”

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