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Originally Posted by cvswirl
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GCM does not embrace the philosophy behind TCS ("Taking Children Seriously") or non-coercive parenting
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Forgive my ignorance, but what would this philosophy be... ? Never heard of it.
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This is a philosophy that considers any coercion to be abusive and believes in honoring whatever is motivating any individual, including children, and always working towards a favorable common preference that will make everyone happy and meet everyone's needs. While I believe finding a favorable common preference is one way to approach a situation and when a solution can meet everyone's needs certainly that is wonderful, TCS/NCP would reject the idea of authority as being God-ordained and the idea that authority can be used non-abusively. "Authority" is viewed as knowledge that one has because of more experience and the responsibility to share it with those with less experience (as in someone is an authority or expert on a subject), but there is no expectation that the person being discipled is under the authority of the one discipling. At it's foundation even religion is considered coercive because it suggests there is are right choices and wrong choices and consequences for making the wrong choices. Whenever possible, what someone wants to do is supposed to be allowed with the belief that the person is able to self regulate and out of a desire to honor the individual and not coerce or force them into doing something they don't choose to do of their own free will.
That's a real nut shell idea of what it teaches.