I’ve met some gullible people, but on the whole, children are much more gullible than adults. This is obviously true because children are still somewhere in the process of developing their rational faculties. So, if we have something to tell a child, what if we thought about how it would be received by a less gullible…
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Building a Culture of Liberty V: Agorism
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: DefinitionsBuilding a Culture of Liberty II: ParentingBuilding a Culture of Liberty III: SchoolingBuilding a Culture…
Euphemisms, Spooner #12, Fallacy #21
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. You will…
On Children and Love
I have both experienced and witnessed a child showing affection and humility toward a parent who’s previously spanked (or punished) them. I wonder… Is this an act of genuine love? The child having come to terms with his parent’s behavior and chosen to forgive? Or… Is it an act of self-defense? An attempt by the…
Episode 047 – The Requirements of Religion, Part One (0h59m)
Episode 047 is the first part of a conversation analyzing the requirements that religion puts on children, and also adults. This list was sent to Skyler in a private correspondence with Wes Bertrand, who podcasts at CompleteLiberty.com, in the Spring of 2012. Listen to Episode 047 (0h59m, mp3, 128kbps)Show Notes Skyler’s Blog Post, “Religion and…
Building a Culture of Liberty IV: Radical Unschooling
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 Building a Culture of Liberty II: Parenting Building a Culture of Liberty III: Schooling…
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…
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…
Building a Culture of Liberty III: Schooling
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 Building a Culture of Liberty II: Parenting Schooling is the typical next step in…
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…