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This chapter explores Rudolf Steiner's philosophies regarding children's development, parenting, and education. It highlights the critical roles of parents and teachers in nurturing a supportive environment for children's self-discovery and healing.

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Nearly a century after his death, the work of Rudolf Steiner has influenced educational systems so deeply that Waldorf schools have become one of the largest independent school movements in the world.

Clinical psychologist and Anthroposophy scholar Edmund Knighton explores parenting challenges, growing smart kids the Waldorf way and how he was meant to teach kids this week on Spirit Gym.

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Timestamps

2:50 How Edmund became connected to our planet by teaching kids.

8:07 “The onus is on the teacher to have the kids be the curriculum.”

13:46 Love is the greatest protection and the solution for any situation.

31:40 In the Steiner philosophy of education, the later a child reads, the more capacity she/he has to become a genius.

42:02 The act of transformation can happen at any time.

49:34 “We have to enliven reading or we are killed by it.”

59:27 The god-like nature of issuing grades to students.

1:05:29 At the heart level, the lives of kids are solely their own.

1:10:44 Do humans have no conception of conception?

1:22:15 Elements of conscious conception and birth.

1:33:13 Why parents with special needs children leave marriages.