Taking Children Seriously/Talk

Of course the brilliant rhetorical strategy of such a 'philosophy' is that it implies that all the rest of us louts are NOT taking children seriously. *sigh* --MichaelTinkler

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This article is contradictory to itself. Either the writing was inaccurate to define it correctly or the philosophy is flawed. The first part basically implied the children make their own decisions, then later in the articale the parents decide whether to send them to school or not.

My sister in law raises her kid by letting the six year old makes all the decisions. The kid only eat hamburgers and candy and nothing else, she watches TV instead of doing homework.

I guess even Tarzen got disciplined by his ape mother. Such hands-off policy described here is anti-educational. IMHO, it is plainly irresponsible to leave decisions to children because they lack the experience to tell what is good or bad in the long run.

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The article says that the children choose whether to go to school or not. So it is internally consistent. How this works out for the children is a matter that should be addressed in the article. Also what about the laws requiring schooling? --rmhermen