![]() ![]() In order to form useful opinions, they must hear all sides and decide for themselves where the contradictions lie. ![]() In order to decide what works and what doesn't, they must see a range of models, who behave differently from one another. ![]() The more children can explore the realities of the world the more skilled they become at coping with those realities. They pay attention not just to others' actions, but also to the consequences of those actions. Children don't just blindly mimic what they see in others. We are all fundamentally social beings, and to deprive children of the full range of social interactions is to deprive them of that which is essential to normal human development. My view - consistent with the philosophy and practices of the Sudbury Valley School - is that human beings are neither fundamentally good nor bad nor are young children necessarily more innocent and pure than are older children and adults. ![]()
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