#16 - Sarah Fitz-Claridge: taking children seriously and freedom

Sarah Fitz-Claridge is a writer, speaker, and the founder of Taking Children Seriously together with David Deutsch. Taking Children Seriously is a new/different view of children—as being full people whose wishes matter just like ours do, whose lack of consent matters just as much as ours does, whose reasons for their wishes make sense, just like ours do, follow Sarah on Twitter

We talk about coercion, education, freedom, parenting, happiness, and what it means to truly take children seriously. Topics are outlined in the timestamps below.

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Timestamps

00:00 – Intro

00:38 – Why civilisations overlook children

11:39 – Do we still lack the knowledge of how to raise children otherwise?

15:25 – Is coercion increasing in the way children are raised

27:28 – Inexplicit coercion, is it intentional?

30:28 – Rationalize your reasons to your children

33:03 – We experience the childhood coercion and do the same to our kids

36:56 – Does internal coercion precedes external coercion

43:57 – Teaching problem solving to children

45:46 – Balancing parental desires and child autonomy

56:08 – Coercion is not always wrong

1:01:57 – Raising children without an agenda

1:05:07 – Outcome oriented philosophies are mistaken

1:07:04 – The bucket theory of the mind

1:17:31 – Why having the right epistemology is crucial

1:31:40 – Optimism and pessimism in life

1:37:53 – The most important thing Sarah learned

1:39:24 – Advice to people

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