Nobody asked but … Actually, many people do ask, “You call yourself a voluntaryist, so what does that mean?” Good question, and the answer bears repeating! All human interactions should be voluntary — I will take no actions that I do not do willingly, nor will I coerce another to take such actions unwillingly. The…
Tag: behavior
On Child Misbehavior II
“Misbehavior” is actually just a euphemism for “behavior that I subjectively find inappropriate or that makes me uncomfortable.” A newborn’s crying is as valid a target of being characterized as “misbehavior” as is a child running around screaming in a library. Would spanking the newborn be an appropriate response? No? Why not? Smart answer: because…
Process, Spooner #11, Specious Accuracy
Send him mail. “Finding the Challenges” is an original column appearing every other Wednesday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Verbal Vol. Verbal is a software engineer, college professor, corporate information officer, life long student, farmer, libertarian, literarian, student of computer science and self-ordering phenomena. Archived columns can be found here. FTC-only RSS feed available here. Wow! We…
Building a Culture of Liberty II: Parenting
Send him mail. “One Voluntaryist’s Perspective” is an original column appearing most Mondays at Everything-Voluntary.com, by the founder and editor Skyler J. Collins. Archived columns can be found here. OVP-only RSS feed available here. Building a Culture of Liberty I: Definitions Having thus defined our terms, we can begin exploring the necessary prerequisites to building…
Voluntaryism 101: A Simple Explanation
Send him mail. “Food for Thought” is an original column appearing every other Tuesday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Norman Imberman. Norman is a retired podiatrist who loves playing piano, writing music, lawn bowling, bridge, reading, classical music, going to movies, plays, concerts and traveling. He is not a member of any social network, nor does he…
How to Stop Yelling?
The question was asked, What are your alternatives to yelling? Spanking was easy to go cold turkey, but stopping yelling has been harder then quitting smoking. It’s taken a couple of years, but I yell a lot less than I used to. My primary tool is preemption. Be your child’s partner. They ask for you…
Building a Culture of Liberty I: Definitions
Send him mail. “One Voluntaryist’s Perspective” is an original column appearing most Mondays at Everything-Voluntary.com, by the founder and editor Skyler J. Collins. Archived columns can be found here. OVP-only RSS feed available here. A free society, where liberty is secure, is necessarily one where you’ll find the widespread observance of the voluntary principle (all human…
Episode 043 – 21 Creative Consequences for Kids, Rebutted! (0h52m)
Episode 043 has Skyler going solo in his rebuttal of a list of twenty-one “creative consequences” for kids’ so-called misbehavior. Listen to Episode 043 (0h52m, mp3, 128kbps)Show Notes Lisa Welchel, “21 Creative Consequences for Kids“Laura Markham, AhaParenting.com, “Raise a Self-Disciplined Child“L. R. Knost, LittleHeartsBooks.com, “Practical, Gentle, Effective Discipline“NaturalChild.org, “Articles on Gentle Guidance“Pam Laricchia, LivingJoyfully.ca, “Communication…
Whence Cometh Moral Outrage?
Send him mail. “One Voluntaryist’s Perspective” is an original column appearing most Mondays at Everything-Voluntary.com, by the founder and editor Skyler J. Collins. Archived columns can be found here. OVP-only RSS feed available here. Everyone seems to have their own definition of morality. Why is that? If morality is “the proper behavior for a person…
Knowledge, Wisdom, and Wealth
Send him mail. “One Improved Unit” is an original column appearing sporadically on Thursday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by the founder and editor Skyler J. Collins. Archived columns can be found here. OIU-only RSS feed available here. I live in a great age. Despite all the problems in the world, the present era has so much knowledge,…