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Parenting movement and educational philosophy
Taking Children Seriously
(
T.C.S.
) is a scientific exploration of
parenting
and
educational philosophy
whose central idea is that children are full people.
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Overview
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T.C.S. was conceived between 1988 and 1989 by
Sarah Fitz-Claridge
,
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and later grew into an online mailing-list around 1992.
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T.C.S. begins with the observation that most traditional interactions between adults and youth are based on
coercion
. Instead of viewing some sources of ideas ? such as parents’ ideas ? as having authority, Taking Children Seriously takes the growth of knowledge seriously, which means free competition of the ideas irrespective of source.
The T.C.S. model of
parenting
and
education
views coercion as infringing on the will of the child, and also rejects parental or educator "self-sacrifice" as infringing on the will of the adult. T.C.S. defines coercion as: "double-binding ? putting others in no-win situations ? using your ingenuity to actively prevent problems being solved. Authority. Interacting hierarchically. Looking down on."
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T.C.S. advocates that parents and children act creatively to find solutions without force or compromise.
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The T.C.S. philosophy is informed by the
epistemology
of
Karl Popper
and
David Deutsch
, a theoretical
physicist
at
Oxford University
.
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References
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Welcome to Taking Children Seriously"
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Autonomous learning, autonomous life"
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How did TCS start?"
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What do you mean by non-coercive? What is the difference between coercion and non-coercion?"
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How can I tell if a proposed solution is a real solution?"
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How is a compromise not a real solution?"
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What is the relationship between Karl Popper’s epistemology, the ideas of David Deutsch and Taking Children Seriously?"
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