Nobody asked but … It may be constructive to look at things that are more or less universally covered in public state schools. And perhaps even more important, to look at what is not being taught in those same schools. And “why?” for each. We could have quite a discussion of reading, writing, and math,…
Tag: children
Not a Damn Thing
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. Entitlement is a destructive mentality. It blinds people to the responsibilities that they have to themselves, to their lives and their…
Self-Ownership in Parenting
Send her mail. “Balancing on My Toes” is an original column appearing every other Friday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Angel M. Ethell. Angel lives in the Chicagoland area with her family: sons Teen (13) and Lil G (2) along with their little sister Cassie Pie (dog), her partner Daddy G and father-in-law Grandpa G. She loves…
Why Don’t You Steal?
Editor’s Pick. Written by Wendy McElroy. As a starting point, I assume readers do not engage in the initiation of force, including theft. You may refrain from doing so because of a moral code or from a respect for rights. But, at least for me, the admonition not to steal isn’t written in stone. I…
Re: “Well I was Spanked…”
Writes Aaron White: “I was spanked and I turned out okay” can’t justify spanking unless “I was molested and I turned out okay” justifies molestation. Most people who go through different types of abuse end up growing up as a functional adult to one degree or another. People are complex, people are not fully defined…
On “Well I Was Spanked…”
The oft heard “rebuttal” to the anti-spanking position is something like, “Well I was spanked, and I turned out okay.” While research shows that this is likely not the case, one big clue that things are not okay is that the one offering this rebuttal believes it’s okay to assault children. Spanking is hitting and…
How to Protect Your Children
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. As parents, our primary instinct and first duty is the protection of our children. Because we love them, we feed them…
Why We Can’t All Just Get Along
Send him mail. “Win-Win World” is an original column appearing sporadically on Thursdays at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Russell L. Roth. Russell is a 30-year marketing veteran and graduate of Jay Snelson’s “Science of Human Interaction” course (he calls it “Win/Win 101”). He has owned and operated businesses in advertising, real estate and internet marketing. He holds…
More Fallacy, Schooling, Perspective
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. We are…
On Indoctrination
The recent debate between Bill Nye and Ken Ham on evolution and creationism was sparked by both men arguing that their views should be taught in public schools. What neither seem to realize is the incompatibility with their views and the institution of schooling, of compulsory education. As a Christian creationist, Ham, I must assume,…