Children are not dogs. They can’t be trained like dogs are trained. They
are not controllable items. They are, and let’s not overlook the point,
men and women. A child is not a special species of animal distinct from
man. A child is a man or a woman who has not attained full growth.
Any law which applies to the behavior of men and women applies to children.
How would you like to be pulled and hauled and ordered about and
restrained from doing whatever you wanted to do? You’d resent it. The
only reason a child “doesn’t” resent it is because he’s small. You’d
half murder somebody who treated you, an adult, with the orders,
contradiction and disrespect given to the average child. The child
doesn’t strike back because he isn’t big enough. He gets your floor
muddy, interrupts your nap, destroys the peace of the home instead. If
he had equality with you in the matter of rights, he’d not ask for this
“revenge.” This “revenge” is standard child behavior.
A child has a right to his self-determinism. You say that if he is not
restrained from pulling things down on himself, running into the road,
etc., etc., he’ll be hurt. What are you, as an adult, doing to make that
child live in rooms or an environment where he can be hurt? The fault is yours, not his, if he breaks things.
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