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Freedom in Community (part 5 in body space/freedom of movement series)

Community Can Increase Autonomy Sidney and Ana live in a rural environment in which they are surrounded by a community of caring people that look out for them and help them meet their needs. As I ponder the limited scope of children’s movement in current society, I have thought about what sorts of structures, social practices and designs might help to increase the mobility and autonomy of young people. One thing I have observed is that in the [...]

By Elana|2019-11-22T07:01:45-07:00May 19th, 2011|Categories: body space/movement|Tags: Autonomy, chlid empowerment, Cooperation, Self-determination, Social Construction of Childhood|1 Comment

Freedom of Movement- Part 4 in series on body space/movement

Children’s Freedom of Movement The issues of space and the control of a person’s body also extend to the control of their range of movement. Not only do we invade and control children’s physical bodies/space but the way that children can move about in the world is often severely limited. Children have their movement restricted and are not free to move about as they please. They may be confined to a specific room (such as “the toddler room”) [...]

By Elana|2019-11-22T07:00:46-07:00May 13th, 2011|Categories: A new Paradigm for childhood, body space/movement|Tags: Autonomy, child Empowerment, freedom, personal space, physical space, self regulation, Self-determination, Social Construction of Childhood|0 Comments

From Control, to Freedom and Empowerment/part 3 in series on body space/movement

How we (adults, parents, adult culture and society) control kids bodies/movement and a New Vision of Respect and Empowerment I decided to include this list as part of my series on body space/freedom of movement, as I think it is useful to explore these particular areas and examples and to explore a new vision for how things could be. Control of physical movements-curfews for one, where kids can or can’t go. Forcing kids to sit still in school, [...]

By Elana|2019-11-22T06:59:00-07:00May 6th, 2011|Categories: A new Paradigm for childhood, body space/movement|Tags: Autonomy, child rearing, children's rights, chlid empowerment, connection, Parent-child relationships, Power with, Self-determination, Social Construction of Childhood, win-win|0 Comments

Children navigating their sex lives- Part 2 in series on body space/freedom of movement

Children’s Sex Lives (part two in series on body space/freedom of movement) Both on the subject of allowing children to trust themselves and their bodies and on the task of bringing children into full parity rather than enforcing inequality through limiting, I have come to examine our ideas around children and sex. We make many assumptions and justifications regarding our need to control and limit children in this area; but do such ideas really help to bring children [...]

By Elana|2019-11-22T06:33:19-07:00May 2nd, 2011|Categories: A new Paradigm for childhood, body space/movement|Tags: A.S. Neill, child rearing, childhood, chlid empowerment, equality, healing, Parent-child relationships, Power with, Self-determination|0 Comments

Respecting Kid’s Personal and Physical Space- part one of series on body space/freedom of movement

Personal and Physical Space Personal and bodily space are interesting facets of people’s lives, ones that we generally consider the private and sovereign domain of the individual, and that the individual has the right to control and protect. Violations of personal and especially bodily space, particularly by strangers, is taken as quite a serious offense. Control of another person’s body, both in restriction of movement and in control of function, is quite literally imprisonment/slavery. While children are initially [...]

By Elana|2019-11-22T06:38:28-07:00April 29th, 2011|Categories: A new Paradigm for childhood, body space/movement|Tags: Adult-child Relationships, Autonomy, boundaries, child Empowerment, children's rights, choice, connection, decision making, freedom, personal space, physical space, Power with, respect, self regulation, Self-determination, Wilhelm Reich|4 Comments

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