Writing an essay on all the points at which we’re socially conditioned to fail children — to give them up too early so we can get back to work, to cling to them at just when they need to start moving away from us, right on up to the higher ed debt trap... it’s overwhelmingly sad.
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(TBC: “measured abandonment” is painful for the parent, not the child. IMO, there are good reasons to believe that a child who is not tolerating the forced separation of preschool/kindergarten well is not ready to go. One tough morning is one thing; when it’s sustained, listen.)
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It’s important for parents to know that the educational infrastructure is not evidence-based in the child’s best interest. If it were, high school classes wouldn’t start until after 10 AM and bunks would be provided for students whose parents needed them out of the house prior.
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It's uncomfortable writing as a non-parent, but I'm emboldened by the way the children I'm working with respond to me. I sort of naturally moved into a very childlike position myself, sitting when the adults were standing & frequently pulled into kid-play by the kids themselves
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(The greatest joy for me recently was when I was asked to join a weekend Hackathon by a student... she felt bad about asking for my weekend time, and she was not explicitly asking me to chaperone — just be there. I was thrilled. And the kids built amazing stuff.)
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If I can brag about my kiddos a bit: one of them built a bizarre game in BASH. Another used Google Sheets to make a turn-based fighting game. Another student saw that, and recreated tic-tac-toe and rock-paper-scissors in Sheets. These kids are on
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There's interest from
@clairlemon for@QuilletteM, and I think this piece will be very much aligned with their mission toward freethought — so I suggest following now, if you haven't :)Show this thread
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I would totally buy Mason's Guide to Parenting.
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I’d bet there’s a lot of demand for this.
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rooting for you!! you could do so much good that way.
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Done this, as a governor for a family in Russia. Noone is showing parents how to parent, and they lose their minds if you question their ability to parent.
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