Comments on: We Need to Talk About Childism https://happinessishereblog.com/we-need-to-talk-about-childism/ Documenting life without school and free childhood. Sat, 12 Mar 2022 00:50:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.5 By: Age Privilege: Looking at Ageism & Childism | Intersectionality | Just 1 Voice https://happinessishereblog.com/we-need-to-talk-about-childism/#comment-150188 Sat, 12 Mar 2022 00:50:41 +0000 https://happinessishereblog.com/?p=13415#comment-150188 […] “We Need to Talk About Childism” (Aug. 28, 2016). Happiness is […]

]]> By: Age Privilege: Looking at Ageism & Childism | Intersectionality https://happinessishereblog.com/we-need-to-talk-about-childism/#comment-141304 Sun, 21 Nov 2021 15:47:23 +0000 https://happinessishereblog.com/?p=13415#comment-141304 […] “We Need to Talk About Childism” (Aug. 28, 2016). Happiness is […]

]]> By: Jamie https://happinessishereblog.com/we-need-to-talk-about-childism/#comment-128857 Mon, 21 Jun 2021 01:41:26 +0000 https://happinessishereblog.com/?p=13415#comment-128857 I agree with treating children the way we would want to be treated. And adults definitely need to take that into consideration all the time. But as a teacher, caregiver, and mother, I know that sometimes punishment and rewards need to come into play. Some people need rewards to accomplish certain common sense or desired behaviors. For example, not having to wear a mask if you get your covid shot, or getting a raise for advanced work. Some people need punishment. For example, speeding results in a fine, and abuse results in jail time. I explain rules to my children. I let natural consequences occur if appropriate, but I also sometimes use rewards or punishment. For example, you can have your dessert if you eat your dinner, or if you hit your sister, you have to go time out for an age appropriate time to “cool down,” apologize to her, and then you can play. Shaming is awful when it is not deserved, but I do tell my children, “Hitting someone else is wrong.” They feel shame because they knew before they hit that it was wrong. But I’m not going to shame them by announcing that to strangers or someone whose business it is not. That’s actually nicer than how adults are treated in the US. If you are arrested, it is published in the newspaper. You could be innocent (no trial has happened yet to convict), but it’s still out for the world to see. Parenting is hard. It’s preparing these sweet babies for adulthood and no one does it perfectly. It’s also surviving and I do have some rules in my home that are just there to keep my sanity. Like no yelling inside except for rare occasions and take your shoes off when you come inside my small home because I have already swept 5 times today. Those are rules to make me a happier mama so I can better take care of my babies. I have to also follow silly kid rules too to make them happier. Like “Kiss my boo boo” and “Cut the crust of my sandwich” and “I only drink out of the red sippy cup.” Also there are just silly rules in the adult world. “No shirt. No service” at gas stations.

]]> By: We Need to Talk About Childism - RootEd Research https://happinessishereblog.com/we-need-to-talk-about-childism/#comment-118203 Fri, 28 Aug 2020 11:38:45 +0000 https://happinessishereblog.com/?p=13415#comment-118203 […] AUGUST 28, 2016 BY SARA @ HAPPINESS IS HERE […]

]]> By: Clare Hollingsworth https://happinessishereblog.com/we-need-to-talk-about-childism/#comment-116991 Mon, 22 Jun 2020 19:14:34 +0000 https://happinessishereblog.com/?p=13415#comment-116991 In reply to Chantal Harrison.

so true! xxx

]]> By: Rebekah Scott https://happinessishereblog.com/we-need-to-talk-about-childism/#comment-116852 Wed, 17 Jun 2020 01:34:49 +0000 https://happinessishereblog.com/?p=13415#comment-116852 Ouch, this hits a little close to home! But by recognising that it does, also means that I am well along the way to treating children the way I would like to be treated,with insight, respect, with love.

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