Editor’s Pick. Written by Dan Sanchez. We wonder why, after years of allowing them very few decisions, our children end up such poor decision-makers. We give them little responsibility and wonder why, as young men and women, they are so irresponsible. We endeavor to inculcate strict obedience to every parental dictate, and wonder why every…
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Canal vs. Braided Stream: Evolution over Structure
Guest column by zeeman stark. zeeman stark is the pen name for a freethinker who currently lives near a large freshwater lake with the Ute Indian eponym. zeeman disdains labels but accepts a no-recipe adjective soup in describing his philosophy: humanitarian, libertine, polymath, voluntary. zeeman has a penis indeed, peach-colored epidermis, stinky feet, and remembers…
Unschooling Dads – Scribd Version
Unschooling Dads: Twenty-Two Testimonials on Their Unconventional Approach to Education by Skyler J. Collins
Skyler on Peaceful Anarchism Podcast
A License to Love
Editor’s Pick. Written by Butler Shaffer. If we were more focused in our social/political thinking, we might be more inclined to think through the consequences of our actions. What are some of the costs associated with a judicial declaration that gay marriage is a constitutionally protected right and, secondly, who is to bear such costs?…
No Hitting! – Full Book
No Hitting! A Short Guide on Why Spanking is Unnecessary by Skyler J. Collins, Published 2015 Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Paperback ($6) and other digital formats found here. Preface Here it is, my third published work and second written entirely by myself. Everything Voluntary: From Politics to Parenting was an anthology I…
About the Author
Table of Contents Previous – Further Reading About the Author Skyler J. Collins lives with his beautiful wife and three wonderful children in Salt Lake City, Utah. He’s a voluntaryist and radical unschooler. He enjoys reading, writing, and podcasting about anything on liberty, economics, philosophy, religion, science, health, and childhood development. He and his wife…
No Hitting! – Scribd Version
No Hitting!: A Short Guide on Why Spanking is Unnecessary by Skyler J. Collins
Further Reading
Table of Contents Previous – Chapter 6, Divine Mandate Further Reading Connection Parenting, Pam Leo Free Range Kids, Lenore Skenazy Nonviolent Communication, Marshall Rosenberg Parenting a Free Child, Rue Kream Parenting Effectiveness Training, Thomas Gordon Parenting for a Peaceful World, Robin Grille Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids, Laura Markham Peaceful Parent, Happy Siblings, Laura Markham Playful…
Chapter 6 – Divine Mandate
Table of ContentsPrevious – Chapter 5, Respect and Obedience Chapter 6 – Divine Mandate Many religious people, Christian and not, consider the practice of spanking to be divinely mandated. They’ll quote scriptures or religious leaders in the attempt to support that belief. If you believe without a doubt that spanking is required by your god,…