Children Aren't Rational

So use force!!!

Category:

Education

Tags:

• children
• john
• holt
• unschooling
• intuition
• gentle
• parenting
• radical

[Bellybusterr]

Are you having a kid soon? You've talked a lot about children lately. =)

[aaron0883]

@Bellybusterr I am planning on filling my girl up with babies fairly soon. However, my exploration of philosophy and life made me drift towards psychology and children as a root of many issues. I have also been a teacher for quite a while, and planning on opening up a school in the future. All of this makes it so children is a large focus in how I think.

[zaynzaynzayn]

is letting bad genes die off a bad idea?

[aaron0883]

@zaynzaynzayn bad is a relative concept only able to be derived from conscious beings who judge good or bad relative to their own survival. Which means that i don't know that your statement has much context. I believe that children who do 'bad' things in some people's eyes only do it because it is highly beneficial from the environment they have been exposed to. what is a bad gene in your opinion?

[Pentazoid111]

How would you react or what action would you take if your five year old child wanted to look at porn all day or he wanted to see multilated pictures of animals.

[aaron0883]

@Pentazoid111 i would react with curiosity and a desire to understand why he desired that.

[atlroxmysox98]

ah, a point well made :)

[gammypage]

Love these videos thanks very much aaron. Ps you should watch your weight.

[GoldenFinchFellow]

I always make a distinction between Reason and Rational. Kids are super rational aren't they? But they don't know the reasons they're just exploring what they know and see in a very rational way. So obviously they need guidance too. But it's normal to have expectations of each other in life and that's something I figure it's important kids learn.

[zaynzaynzayn]

@aaron0883 you're right that "bad" is not clear here. i mean that letting children do what they want makes them anti-social and bad. i don't agree with negative reinforcement, but you can't reason with them either. thanks for the vid!