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,…
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Chapter 5 – Respect and Obedience
Table of ContentsPrevious – Chapter 4, Discipline and Toughness Chapter 5 – Respect and Obedience Raise your hand if you want respectful and obedient children. What a magical place it would be if our children were to obey our every command and never show even a hint of disrespect toward us! On second thought, while…
Chapter 4 – Discipline and Toughness
Table of ContentsPrevious – Chapter 3, Hurting Themselves or Others Chapter 4 – Discipline and Toughness It is said that we live in a cruel and heartless world. To send our children out into that cruel world as innocent, fluffy bunnies would be like pulling the trigger of the gun pressed against their temples ourselves.…
Chapter 3 – Hurting Themselves or Others
Table of ContentsPrevious – Chapter 2, Preventing Misbehavior Chapter 3 – Hurting Themselves or Others It might seem logical to cause a child pain in order to teach him what pain feels like, so that he’ll refrain from hurting himself or others. Unfortunately, when a caretaker intentionally hurts his child, he’s doing far more than…
Chapter 2 – Preventing Misbehavior
Table of ContentsPrevious – Chapter 1, Introduction Chapter 2 – Preventing Misbehavior Many caretakers justify their use of spanking and punishments as a way to prevent what they perceive as misbehavior. They believe that children won’t learn to behave properly if their misbehavior is not met with undesirable consequences. Children dislike being hit, so it’s…
Chapter 1 – Introduction
Table of ContentsPrevious – Preface Chapter 1 – Introduction The practice of spanking children in particular, and child punishment in general, was abandoned in my family in August of 2011.(5) We’ve never looked back. Sure my children have had their difficult moments, but I’ve managed to find better ways to help them through than with…
Preface
Table of Contents Preface Here it is, my third published work and second written entirely by myself. Everything Voluntary: From Politics to Parenting was an anthology I edited and self-published in May of 2012(1), as a primer to the philosophy of voluntaryism. Toward a Free Society: A Short Guide on Building a Culture of Liberty…
Raising a Polite Child
Editor’s Pick. Written by Pat Törngren. Every parent wants to have polite, respectful children with good manners. Fortunately nature is on our side. Children learn by copying what we do and love to do everything ‘just like mommy and daddy do’, as it makes them feel they are being ‘big’. I was having tea with…
Chapter 2 – Parenting
Table of ContentsPrevious – Chapter 1, Introduction Chapter 2 – Parenting Having thus defined our terms, we can begin exploring the necessary prerequisites to building a culture of liberty, and ultimately, a free society. We must start at the same place where each if us began life, the home. Our parents are first to influence…
To Build (or Break) a Child’s Spirit
Editor’s Pick. Written by Rachel Stafford. At times in my life I have been overweight, scared to swim, smelly, ill-mannered, and disorganized. During those times, I could have used some encouragement. So when I saw the young boy ordered to get out of the pool because he was scared to swim, I cried with him…