Writes Kicking it Unschool: One of the major turning points in our parenting journey was learning to see outbursts and negative behavior from the boys as signals their needs were not being met. There is no such things as negative behavior happening “for no reason”. There is always a reason. We just need to figure…
Tag: behavior
Let Go of Behavior Management; Teach it Instead
Written by Kelly Bartlett for Parenting From Scratch. I thought I was being helpful. My child made a mistake, and I thought I was helping by delving into the ramifications behind the mistake. Why it occurred, why it shouldn’t have occurred, what kind of behavior I expect next time. What I didn’t realize was that…
Parental Bullying
Writes Free Your Kids: Years ago, when I was still of the mindset to yell, scold, and smack little hands, I had an acquaintance at work who taught me a lesson. Now, he didn’t intend to teach me a lesson, but teach it he did. This guy routinely verbally-abused those he felt he were “weaker”…
Re: Libertarian Corruption
Writes R. R. Schoettker: I encountered your article today on “Libertarian Corruption” via RRND. I have had a related contact with Dr. Block where I disagreed with the receipt of SS money. Since this particular context was not addressed in your article I thought I would pass on my comments on this subject to you…
Decoding Your Child’s SOS
Written by Laura Markham for Aha! Parenting. You’ve probably heard the term “Acting out’ refer to misbehaving. It actually means to act out a feeling that you can’t express in words. So when your three year old hits the baby, or your five year old throws a toy at you, or your seven year old…
Children are Born Innocent
Written by Jan Hunt for The Natural Child Project. What do you see when you look into the eyes of a newborn? When I first looked into the eyes of my son, I saw trustfulness, curiosity and joyfulness. I saw no deviousness, meanness or selfishness. In that instant it became clear to me that if…
Andrew P. Napolitano
“Toward Freedom” is an Everything-Voluntary.com series sharing personal stories about the journey toward freedom. Archived stories can be found here. Submit your story to the editor. Originally published in I Chose Liberty: Autobiographies of Contemporary Libertarians. Winston Churchill, of whose Big Government values I have not been fond, did have a great gift for words. He…
Reject the Initiation of Violence
Written by Ron Paul, as published at Mises.org. Restraining aggressive behavior is one thing, but legalizing a government monopoly for initiating aggression can only lead to exhausting liberty associated with chaos, anger, and the breakdown of civil society. Permitting such authority and expecting saintly behavior from the bureaucrats and the politicians is a pipe dream.Read…
Stephan Kinsella
“Toward Freedom” is an Everything-Voluntary.com series sharing personal stories about the journey toward freedom. Archived stories can be found here. Submit your story to the editor. Originally published in I Chose Liberty: Autobiographies of Contemporary Libertarians. Unlike many libertarians who dally with socialism before seeing the light, I have never been attracted to leftism. Indeed, although…
Love It Forward
Written by Dayna Martin for NaturalChild.org. As I prepare for our next family trip, I am remembering a flight that my family took back from England where I was the keynote speaker at the first ever unschooling conference in London. On the flight home, there was a mother traveling alone with two kids who were…