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Children Are Entitled To (And Deserve) Autonomy

I choose joyful chaos over despondent deference

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I’ve heard this said about my son on more than one occasion, “he seems to think he can do what he wants, and doesn’t have to do something if he doesn’t want to.”

Um, well, yes.

He’s a human being after all, with free will and autonomy.

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Certainly all of our actions have consequences, and I mean naturally-occurring consequences, not adult-imposed punishments.

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What do children learn from mandatory compliance?

That their feelings and experiences don’t matter, they have to hush-up and fall in line, listen or face punishment.

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I get it. A teacher, parent, or adult responsible for a group of children needs them to cooperate, otherwise there would be chaos, right?

Well, there would be joyful chaos.

There would be joy. There would be fun.

Aren’t fun and joy the essence of childhood?

“Children must be taught to think not what to think.”—Margaret Mead

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“We create a lot of behaviour problems by micro-managing children's behaviour, and waste time and energy trying to get kids to comply, which is more about us getting our way than teaching children to do what's right.”—Jillian Enright

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