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Healthy Social Interaction
How children gain interpersonal skills One of the characteristics of a healthy, social adult is their ability to communicate effectively with other people. Interpersonal skills such as empathy, perception, and assertiveness are highly valued by employers and reflect a balance between cooperativeness and personal opinion. Unfortunately, children who are confined in school for hours each … Continue Reading
The Pressure to Perform
Negative criticism vs. positive affirmation When children start to believe that love and affection are contingent upon their approval of authority figures they become weak and dependent. Outwardly they appear compliant and docile, but inwardly the desire for unconditional acceptance makes them vulnerable. Studies have shown that 94 percent of classroom management techniques used by … Continue Reading
Letting go of fears
How children learn through example Will children, if left to themselves, learn everything they need to know in order to live in today’s society? The idea of letting children be fully autonomous in their learning brings many questions and fears to mind. The idea that children can and should learn through natural means rather than … Continue Reading
Intrinsic Motivation
Learning comes from within Studies have shown that people who demonstrate authentic and self-initiated motivation have better performance, persistence, and creativity . The most natural way of learning is produced through an interest or passion, not from outside forces or authority. Children learn best when they see an application to the information, a satisfaction of … Continue Reading
Healing Authority
Creating authentic models of leadership What children perceive themselves to be, they will become. A child that has been repeatedly placed under strict restraint by a controlling authority begins to put all his energy into defending his true self. As described in Healing Our Children: “Children controlled by outer authorities seem to be disciplined and … Continue Reading
Disconnected Families
How can we pass down the skills and values of our culture? In centuries past, children were raised in the culture and traditions of their parents. The family was the stabilizing factor for many societies. Children played an active, meaningful role in the daily activities and rituals of the community. Families and neighbors worked together, … Continue Reading
Discipline and Authority
Conformism in the American society Who defines right and wrong in our society? Authority figures in our current society derive their power not from ultimate truths, but from the status quo. Whatever dominant philosophy exists amongst the elite is the source of their power and their actions. An authority figure can be a doctor giving … Continue Reading
Created For Work
Often parents are too quick to step in and handle situations for children rather than letting them experience the negative or positive effects of their actions. When children are allowed to live free from false authority, they learn the advantages of moderation and hard work. Pampering and controlling are two behaviors that kill the self-discipline … Continue Reading
Broken Education
What home schools really teach our children There is a sense of ever-present authority in school. Children are forever under the watchful eye of teachers, principals, and even other students. Even at home, where families should feel secure and free from the influence of school; children are made to sit and do homework. At the … Continue Reading
Public Schools – Children Enslavement
Healing Our Children Book Excerpt Public home schools teach a set of ideas and concepts that have little or no practical application. As a result, this instruction separates your child from life. Life becomes an abstract idea, rather than something to take part in. Teachers, and even parents, do not know what is real in … Continue Reading
