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Sarah Fitz-Claridge - Taking Children Seriously | The Lunar Society #15

Sarah Fitz-Claridge is a writer, coach, and speaker with a fallibilist worldview.

Dwarkesh PatelhostSarah Fitz-Claridgeguest
Jun 4, 202158mWatch on YouTube ↗

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EPISODE INFO

Released
June 4, 2021
Duration
58m
Channel
Dwarkesh Podcast
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Sarah Fitz-Claridge is a writer, coach, and speaker with a fallibilist worldview. She started the journal that became Taking Children Seriously in the early 1990s after being surprised by the heated audience reactions she was getting when talking about children. Episode website + Transcript: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/sarah-fitz Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3CO8h47 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3B0jgWN Follow Sarah's Twitter: https://twitter.com/FitzClaridge Follow me on Twitter to be notified of future content: https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp Sarah's Website: https://www.fitz-claridge.com/. Dennis Hackethal was extremely generous in translating this interview into German here: https://blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/kinder-ernst-nehmen-interview Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:23 Taking Children Seriously 05:46 Are children rational? 08:08 Coercion 14:56 Education 26:01 Authority, discipline, and passion 30:41 The psychological harm to children 33:29 Dealing with toddlers 40:08 Are we too optimistic about uncoerced children? 47:38 Why is everyone wrong about children? 53:48 Child labor 56:43 Age of consent

SPEAKERS

  • Dwarkesh Patel

    host
  • Sarah Fitz-Claridge

    guest

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Dwarkesh Podcast, featuring Dwarkesh Patel and Sarah Fitz-Claridge, Sarah Fitz-Claridge - Taking Children Seriously | The Lunar Society #15 explores Sarah Fitz-Claridge argues for non-coercive, rights-respecting parenting philosophy Sarah Fitz-Claridge outlines “Taking Children Seriously,” a non‑coercive educational and parenting philosophy based on the idea that children are fully rational, creative beings from birth and deserve the same moral consideration as adults.

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