A Philosopher As Parent Part 1

Some thoughts on philosophical parenting from Stefan Molyneux, Host of Freedomain Radio.

http://www.freedomainradio.com

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• parenting
• babies
• crying
• toddlers
• parents
• philosophy
• marriage

[AAAV92]

5 Stars. I'm gonna take this with me for the rest of my life. I'm 17 now, but this video touched me. When I get the opportunity to have a family, I want to make sure I do it like this.

[stefbot]

thanks bro! :)

[TerrierBram]

Basically a child is upset to express something is not right.And say, help me, like a surviving mechanism.This is also the reason why baby's are able to produce so much decibels. You kicked in a very open door, with many words.

To show respect is always good for every person.Why do you need so many words to tell that?

She didn't choose you, but the situation is as such, so she can better deal with it. I think there is a big chance Isabella will be a spoiled brat in no time.

[stefbot]

So far, quite the opposite has been true.

[luke374]

I'd be interested to hear how you plan on raising her when it comes to your ideologies. Will you teach her that anarchism is the only way to go, or teach her multiple schools of thought and let her decide?

[stefbot]

My goal is to teach her how to think, not what to think :)

[luciconsort]

great advice... if you turn on the snowflake feature, after a while it seems like Stephan is looking over the pile of snowflakes to talk to you lol. its pretty funny.

[teejay1618]

@stefbot "My goal is to teach her how to think, not what to think."

Brilliantly said. The correct methodology beats the "correct" ideology any mf-in day of the week.

[Motherlandpluto]

@PraiseTheCrust What are you doing here? ;)!!

[PraiseTheCrust]

Isabella is a good name

[nerdheadbanger]

This is excellent. If a woman is dumb enough to marry and have children with me, I'll definitely use this philosophy .

[drambuie1962]

Great Thoughts Stefan. I had an experience as a step father for a decade or so. Your thoughts on "being" a parent the child would choose seem right on the mark with my experience. In order to be an effective 'step' parent, there is no other option than what you describe. If only their 'natural' parent had had a clue *sigh*.

[HeyItzMeDawg]

@aikidocrazy What reason would you have for arbitrarily denying something like a toy from a child?

[survivalstuffonline]

Very nice thoughts. I wish you the best in fatherhood. Having a sincere heart towards another human or "child" is all that you need to do well. I see that in you and that's why "you" will do great.

[Federiconoclasta]

What a great video.

It's so good to spread these ideas so people can see how much damage they are causing to their childs by forcing them into doing things.

It was very emotional to me, i got my eyes wet through the video not only because that approach is full of love and caring but also because it makes me see quite easy how horrible my childhood and adolescence was and that with love and understanding i could have a much happy life.

Thanks for sharing.

[1983Bantam]

This literally brought a tear to my eye, around the 12:00 mark. She'll see this some day, maybe after you're gone, and see how much you loved and respected her from the start. How sweet.