Comments on: Libertarian Parenting http://georgedonnelly.com/asides/libertarian-parenting Arm your Mind for Liberty Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:06:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: George http://georgedonnelly.com/asides/libertarian-parenting#comment-6586 George Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:06:57 +0000 http://georgedonnelly.com/?p=127#comment-6586 "Teaching a lesson" was said with tongue in cheek. I don't parent that way. But I thank you for commenting and am reading about TCS. “Teaching a lesson” was said with tongue in cheek. I don’t parent that way. But I thank you for commenting and am reading about TCS.

]]> By: Susan Cvach http://georgedonnelly.com/asides/libertarian-parenting#comment-6583 Susan Cvach Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:45:36 +0000 http://georgedonnelly.com/?p=127#comment-6583 Well, yes, but a libertarian parent wouldn't be thinking in terms of 'teaching a lesson' with food. In my opinion, a libertarian parent would be making food available to hir child at all times, since it is the parents' responsibility to help hir child have food to eat when said child is hungry. Kids generally don't need a whole lotta advice about eating; they know when they are hungry and when they are not - at least, as long as they haven't been messed around with, being 'taught lessons' and such (food coercion) Yeah! Help kids get what they want, and help them to learn about what it is right to want. Check out www.takingchildrenseriously.com if you want to know more about what libertarian parents might think and do. :) Well, yes, but a libertarian parent wouldn’t be thinking in terms of ‘teaching a lesson’ with food. In my opinion, a libertarian parent would be making food available to hir child at all times, since it is the parents’ responsibility to help hir child have food to eat when said child is hungry. Kids generally don’t need a whole lotta advice about eating; they know when they are hungry and when they are not - at least, as long as they haven’t been messed around with, being ‘taught lessons’ and such (food coercion)

Yeah! Help kids get what they want, and help them to learn about what it is right to want. Check out http://www.takingchildrenseriously.com if you want to know more about what libertarian parents might think and do. :)

]]> By: Jay http://georgedonnelly.com/asides/libertarian-parenting#comment-6472 Jay Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:51:58 +0000 http://georgedonnelly.com/?p=127#comment-6472 I think kids would eat eventually if the parents made punishment-free food available and waited. The only time the kid would starve is if the incentive not to change his mind about eating became greater through some act of the parents. Otherwise said kid would eventually do the natural thing and eat when he was hungry enough. Fun to ponder... the economics of a tantrum! I think kids would eat eventually if the parents made punishment-free food available and waited. The only time the kid would starve is if the incentive not to change his mind about eating became greater through some act of the parents. Otherwise said kid would eventually do the natural thing and eat when he was hungry enough.

Fun to ponder… the economics of a tantrum!

]]> By: John Esberg http://georgedonnelly.com/asides/libertarian-parenting#comment-6470 John Esberg Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:05:55 +0000 http://georgedonnelly.com/?p=127#comment-6470 I'm not sure about that one, but its a funny thought! I’m not sure about that one, but its a funny thought!

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