Guest post by Wendy Priesnitz. Classic not-back-to-school question: “But what if a child doesn’t choose to learn math?” But that’s the issue, see. A child who lives and learns without schooling doesn’t have to choose to learn math! Learning math is a notion created and perpetuated by a group of adult experts who think that…
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How Youth Resistance Was Crushed
Guest post by Bruce E. Levine. Traditionally, young people have energized democratic movements. So it is a major coup for the ruling elite to have created societal institutions that have subdued young Americans and broken their spirit of resistance to domination. Young Americans—even more so than older Americans—appear to have acquiesced to the idea that…
The Liberty Movement: What Now?
Ron Paul has officially dropped out of the race for those who live under a rock and/or are attending college for a ministry degree.I was left unsurprised and shocked at the same time. Many of my libertarian brethren told me that there is still hope and that we should continue fighting for what we believe in.…
School is Bad for Children
Guest post by John Holt. Almost every child, on the first day he sets foot in a school building, is smarter, more curious, less afraid of what he doesn’t know, better at finding and figuring things out, and more confident, resourceful, persistent and independent than he will ever be again in his schooling – or,…
About Transference
Guest post by Alice Miller. At the beginning of our lives we were, as very small children, totally dependent on our parents. And we believed, we HAD TO believe, that we were loved by them. Even when we were abused we couldn’t realize this. Then, after 4 years, we grew up and couldn’t avoid suffering…
Giving Your Child “Voice”
Guest post by Richard Grossman. One of the most important psychological factors in raising a family is giving children “voice.” What is “voice”? It is the sense of agency that resides in all of us, that makes us confident that we will be heard, and that we will have impact on our environment. Exceptional parents…
The Child-Driven Education
Guest post by Sugata Mitra.
Childhood is Not a Race
Seven Sins of Our System of Forced Education
Guest post by Peter Gray. The question worth debating is this: Is forced education–and the consequential imprisonment of children–a good thing or a bad thing? Most people seem to believe that it is, all in all, a good thing; but I think that it is, all in all, a bad thing. I outline here some…
Advice for Our Children, Circa 2012
Guest post by Karen Kwiatkowski. If liberty is the natural orientation of mankind, then we can trust that our children and grandchildren will turn to that light, seek the warmth of freedom, and always resent their chains. I hope our children will innately remember liberty, and somehow understand that it is indeed their birthright.Read the…