Editor’s Pick. Written by Kelly Bartlett. Parents often ask, “When should I start disciplining my child? At what age is it appropriate?” It is a common question of when it’s time to transition from the nurturing parenting of babyhood to using more of the “discipline” tools of toddlerhood and beyond. To answer this, we first…
Tag: obedience
Render unto Caesar… Nothing
Editor’s Pick. Written by Darryl Perry. Yeshua did not say that taxes are lawful, nor did he counsel obedience to the Romans. In the context of a society with many competing currencies, most of which did not have Caesar’s inscription, Yushua’s response is subtly seditious. Even if one rejects the idea that all things belong…
There Are Two Socialisms
Editor’s Pick. Written by Ernest Lesigne in the 19th Century. There are two Socialisms. One is communistic, the other solidaritarian. One is dictatorial, the other libertarian.One is metaphysical, the other positive. One is dogmatic, the other scientific. One is emotional, the other reflective. One is destructive, the other constructive. Both are in pursuit of the…
The Right to Self-Defense
Written by Andrew Napolitano for LewRockwell.com. In all the noise caused by the Obama administration’s direct assault on the right of every person to keep and bear arms, the essence of the issue has been drowned out. The president and his big-government colleagues want you to believe that only the government can keep you free…
Free Children
Writes Free Your Kids: Our “free” children do not run wild. They don’t run the house. We do not live in chaos. We do have rules in our house, but they derive from one basic premise: do what you wish so long as you’re not harming another. Hitting someone won’t be tolerated. Breaking an agreement…
True Nature of the Politician
Writes Free Your Kids: Whether you favor a large or limited government (or a stateless society, as we would prefer), always remember the true nature of the politician. These men and women who rule us have no special attributes. They possess no special wisdom, no higher morality. They are dishonorable, power-hungry, and dishonest. They fatten…
Are you Damaging Your Child by Demanding Obedience?
Written by mudpiemama for AuthenticParenting.info. In our current culture, parents are praised when their children are obedient – it’s a mark of good parenting. The quieter and the more obedient the child, the better. In truth, parents are doing a disservice to their children and to society when they demand that their children do exactly…
Notes on War and Freedom
Written by Ramsey Clark, as published in The Voluntaryist, August 1992. War is more destructive of freedom than any other human activity. Any violation of civil liberties is easily justified in times of war and the threat of war, however unnecessary for security, harmful to its victims, irrational, unfair, or even detrimental to the war…
Why You (Yes, You!) Should Make the Choice to be a Good Person
Send him mail. “Insight for the Young and Unrestrained” is an original weekly column appearing every Thursday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Gregory V. Diehl. Gregory is a writer, musician, educator, and coach for young people at EnabledYouth.com. Archived columns can be found here. IYU-only RSS feed available here. It’s easy for a child to conceptualize the…
The State Versus an “Anarchist Society”
Written by Mark Stovel for On the Mark. The State asserts a “coerced monopoly of the provision of defense service (police and courts) over a given territorial area” which is said to give the State the “right” to have the monopoly on all legitimate use of force in the given territorial area. This leads to…