In 1960, seven years before the world tapped into Flower Power, American psychoanalyst AS Neal published a speech that would revolutionize the way children would be raised in the future: Children are free at Summerhill.
This bestseller, which has sold more than 400,000 copies, was inspired by experiments at a self-governing school in the suburbs of London and asserted that it is the best way to ensure children become “liberated”, “autonomous” and “creative”. ” Let them be free.
Free as water.
Free as the wind.
Freedom like a hippie running naked through a dandelion field at Wall-David.
Discipline is bad!
Here are some excerpts from this book that will appeal to every pot smoker in the world…
“The purpose of life is the pursuit of happiness.”
“Children learn only what they want. Grades and exams only detract from the natural development of their personality.”
“Shaping a child's character leads to fear and hatred.”
“Don't force the child to do something until he has the will to do it.”
“A child's happiness and well-being depend on the amount of approval he receives.”
“Parental authority is just hate in disguise.”
“It is a vital need for children to find satisfaction in one's ego.”
“In a home where the child is free from the beginning of his life, there is no need for discipline.”
“Love is being by each other's side. Love is consent. “
“School controls the emotional life of children and their creative tendencies. It trains them to obey all dictators and all bosses they meet in their lifetime.
“No one has the right to force a child to study this or that subject, because education is a personal choice.”
In short, you see type.
The best way to raise a child is to let him do what he wants when he wants and approve of everything he does.
Like Kylo's mother!
Release the parents!
This book was published 64 years ago and is now forgotten.
Who reads that these days? Person!
But the principles he advocated are now accepted by most parents, who are happy to know that the best way to raise their child is to smile stupidly at the screen while he screams at the top of his lungs and pisses everyone off.
“Freedom is another word for having nothing left to lose», Janis Joplin sang.
Well, now freedom is another word for “not having to take care of my baby because the less I do, the better.”
The author Children are free at Summerhill Children are not “liberated”. He “released” parents from their responsibilities.
He told them: “The more you eat your donut, the more fulfilled your child will become.”
Isn't that beautiful?
Conclusion: We end up with petty kings who see work as a form of oppression and see microaggressions everywhere.
Thank you, Mr. Neal!
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