Children’s behavior is a good guide to where their significant adults stand on the Influence Continuum.
Sometimes the freedom we give children isn’t free. When we implicitly pressure children to make the choices we want while we are telling them the choice is theirs, the effects on their behavior are the same as if we are openly exerting power over them.
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I'm a Certified Pedagogical Pot Stirrer and an unlicensed Education Hostage Negotiator, working to support the creation of learning cultures where: 1) individuals are empowered to develop purpose, agency, and social significance through self-directed engagement with the environment and self-organized participation in conscious community, and 2) evolution of the learning culture occurs through reflective, dialogic, and iterative practice.
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