News of the Weird: A world where kids make the rules

"Consensual Living" parenting, which was developed in 2006 and now has many hundreds of followers, supposes that every family member's needs are equally valid and respect-worthy. Even pre-adolescents are assumed able to understand their own needs and respect those of others.

[David]

Great. This "Consensual Living" concept violates everything learned from Scripture, philosophy, psychology and sociology over the past 2000 or so years. A parent's responsibility is to convert the little brats from selfish savages into respectful citizens, and not by asking if they'd like to express themselves in another way. Try that with your boss when he/she is angry!

[hippie]

sounds like hippie living to me

[shadow]

David wrote:

Great. This "Consensual Living" concept violates everything learned from Scripture, philosophy, psychology and sociology over the past 2000 or so years. A parent's responsibility is to convert the little brats from selfish savages into respectful citizens, and not by asking if they'd like to express themselves in another way. Try that with your boss when he/she is angry!

i have yet to see a child start a war for profit commit genocide or see race. so it makes me wonder who is more of the savage the child or the adult.

[dHat Pawlo]

...only the shadow knows.......