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The Orwellian language of conventional parenting

The language of parental power plays

Slippery satin-slipper-shod coercion

Natural consequences aren’t.

Time out is not taking time out

Advice to parents

The Orwellian language in How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk, by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

Kids Are Worth it, by Barbara Coloroso: a book review highlighting its Orwellian language

Unnatural consequences

Trying to believe it’s not coercive control

Question or command?

‘Choices’ that reduce choice, and other covert coercion in Kids Are Worth It

Deceptive language in parenting books

Punishing children using so-called natural consequences

Coercive examples in Kids Are Worth It

Why allow minors to disregard the guidance of their elders?

Are time outs time off or serving time?

‍Listen, by Patty Wipfler: the missing connection

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