Taking Children Seriously (TCS) is a philosophy of parenting and education whose central idea is that children are full people, so their preferences deserve the same respect as an adult's rather than being overridden for their own supposed good. Conceived by Sarah Fitz-Claridge in the late 1980s and spread through an online mailing list from the early 1990s, TCS rejects both coercive discipline and simple compromise, calling instead for parents and children to work out solutions together that both sides genuinely prefer. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Core ClaimChildren are full people, and parents and children should act creatively to find solutions rather than use coercion or compromise. 1 Sources
1. Taking Children Seriously (Wikipedia)
Overview, origin sentence
TCS was conceived between 1988 and 1989 by Sarah Fitz-Claridge, and later grew into an online mailing-list around 1992.
Overview, proposed solution sentence
parents and children act creatively to find solutions
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