I’ve read some Thomas Szasz here and there, care of The Freeman, and have liked what I’ve read. I’ve also read a bit on ADHD. Once you understand unschooling and how children learn, that ADHD doesn’t really exist is obvious. Here’s Szasz on ADHD:
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Spare The Rod And Spoil The Child?
A phrase not found in the Bible. Actually, it’s from a 17th century poem by Samuel Butler. However, there are seemingly similar admonishments in the Bible, but one should not be too quick to interpret them in favor of corporal punishment.
Everything Voluntary – Parenting Resources
Table of ContentsPrevious – Section Five – Chapter 30 – “Born to Explore” by Missy Willis Parenting Resources Books Unconditional Parenting, by Alfie Kohn“One basic need all children have, Kohn argues, is to be loved unconditionally, to know that they will be accepted even if they screw up or fall short. Yet conventional approaches to…
Everything Voluntary – Unschooling Resources
Table of Contents Previous – Section Four – Chapter 23 – Grown Without Schooling by Jason Hunt Unschooling Resources Books How Children Learn, by John Holt “This enduring classic of educational thought offers teachers and par-ents deep, original insight into the nature of early learning. John Holt was the first to make clear that, for…
Everything Voluntary – Free Market Resources
Table of ContentsPrevious – Section Three – Chapter 16 – “Agorist Living” by Nicholas Hooton Free Market Resources Books Economics in One Lesson, by Henry Hazlitt“A million copy seller, [this book] is a classic economic primer. But it is also much more, having become a fundamental influence on modern [free market] economics of the type…
Everything Voluntary – Voluntaryist Resources
Table of ContentsPrevious – Section One – Chapter 6 – “Charity in the Land of Individualism” by John D. Fargo Voluntaryist Resources Books The Ethics of Liberty, by Murray Rothbard“First published in 1982, The Ethics of Liberty is a masterpiece of argumentation, and shockingly radical in its conclusions. Rothbard says that the very existence of…
Spanking Lucy
Thought I’d share:
Schooling vs. Unschooling
Here’s a very good chart on the differences between schooling and unschooling. Think of one as coercive, because it is, and the other voluntary.
Re: Kony 2012
Zen, well put. Also, check out Connor Boyack’s commentary.
Kickstarter to Out-Fund NEA
Yet another argument for voluntaryism, that Kickstarter, the private, voluntary project-funding company, will out-fund the National Endowment of the Arts, the coercion-based project-funding bureaucracy.