Surely it is cruel to force people to live with the consequences of the ideas and preferences they had when they were children?
How can I drop the anti-rational part of my mind that interferes with me taking my children seriously?
What is the relationship between Karl Popper’s epistemology, the ideas of David Deutsch and Taking Children Seriously?
How can we express approval when our children do something good without manipulating them by implying that we would disapprove if they had made a different choice?
At what age should children first leave the house on their own, visit their friend next door on their own, go to the cinema on their own, hitchhike from coast to coast on their own, etc.?
If we are fallible and not omniscient, surely it is exaggerating to say it is always possible to solve problems without coercion?