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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Oct 1, 2008
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There are murmurs out there about the lack of Youth Rights theory * * . I want to address that directly. I believe there is a misconception about what theory actually is, what it does, and who makes it. Let me begin with an explanation of what Youth Rights theory needs to be: Youth Rights...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Oct 1, 2008
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Spanking, slapping, smacking, pulling ears, pinching, shaking... Hitting with rulers, belts, wooden spoons, extension cords, slippers, hairbrushes, pins, sticks, whips, rubber hoses, flyswatters, wire hangers, stones, bats, canes, or paddles... Being forced to stand for a long period; hold...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Aug 14, 2008
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This is a quick note to say thanks to all the great folks who I met with at the International Democratic Education Conference going on this week in Vancouver, British Columbia. This was by far the most influential, well-timed and restoring conference I have ever participated in, and its...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Aug 5, 2008
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Over the next few blog entries I'm going to write about what the common motivations are for engaging children and youth. Today I start with seeing young people as inevitable. There's this idea out there that somehow young people are inevitable and that's why we've got to listen to them....... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Jul 6, 2008
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I'm beginning to bring together the vast amounts of reading I've done over the last 10 years, combine them with my experience, and make some sense of it all. I'm excited! Some poor soul on Wikipedia just wrote to me to ask why the histories of children's rights in the United States and the...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Jun 5, 2008
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Alright readers, here's my news, in case you're interested: I recently began a position in Washington's state health agency as their coordinated school health manager. Its a significant policy position that works within the state agency and with the state education agency to promote collaboration...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: May 5, 2008
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I have recently made the acquaintance of an executive director for a nonprofit in Pennsylvania. We have carried on a dialog over the last several weeks that has been really neat, and I want to share with you another thought I just wrote to her. The other day she asked, "How do you show folks...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Apr 29, 2008
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I have wrote before about the trouble America is in today because as a nation we've apparently lost hope in children and youth. A country where "children are the future" and "youth are the leaders of tomorrow" is apparently seeing its chickens come home to roost: Without feeling like they are...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Apr 27, 2008
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Think about it: First thing in the morning mom's saying, "In MY house you will follow MY rules," enforcing your sense of displacement in the world. On the way to school on the subway you glimpse at the headline of a magazine that says, "Look 20 years younger!" with a newspaper headline on the...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Apr 14, 2008
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Imagine being 3 or 4 years old and invited to adult dances, singing and dancing with them through the night. When you're 4 you dance in adult ballets - and even though you're not particularly graceful or talented, you are still welcomed and applauded for your performances. At 5 years old you...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Apr 13, 2008
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There is no such thing as a "free child." This myth has been carefully spread over the last forty years by authors and speakers and all kinds of people that I have admired for a lot of reasons - but not this one. The ideal of the "free child" seems to be the ultimately anarchistic young person,...... [view]
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