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Re:The rise and fall of scientific authority, and how to bri... by Erlich_Bachman on Monday March 18, 2019 @05:37PM (#19425584)
Children need love, compassion and a lot of patience. They want to be treated like living beings, not like science projects. Yes science in general can obviously make some generic guidelines or provide some good insights in very specific questions of this childraising enterprise, but the vast majority of choices and everyday actions will fall outside of this.
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Re:The rise and fall of scientific authority, and how to bri... by benj111 on Monday March 18, 2019 @05:53PM (#19425712)
"and a lot of patience"

I find the distance, that analysing behaviour brings, actually helps with the patience, and compassion (if they're having a weird tantrum because they wanted something trivial). I also think it keeps me motivated in consciously raising my kids, rather than just passively whiling away the years.

Maybe I have younger kids, so there aren't really any philosophical issues being raised.

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