Focus on Better Behavior

I had not heard of this approach until a few days ago reading an article about it. Taking Children Seriously or TCS has the philosophy of not making kids doing anything against their will and not doing anything to kids against their will. Examples they give are if a child doesn’t want to eat broccoli they can eat dorritos instead. Or if they want to wear shorts and a t-shirt in the winter, let them. I can see letting children have choices about the world around them, but they don’t always know what is dangerous or harmful to them. I think having rules is important, a two year old doesn’t get that running into the street is dangerous to them because a car can hit them. It would not be appropriate for them not to hold your hand while crossing the street because they just don’t want to. Read more about this parenting philosophy.