Comment by Ancapistani

2 months ago

I absolutely do this, but there are times when "because I said so" is the actual answer.

As an adult, there are plenty of situations where you are subject to the authority of others. Learning to deal with disagreement with that is also part of being an adult.

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mdp2021  2 months ago

Interesting, but your lapsus may be worth noting:

if you show your good reasons then they will find themselves under «the authority of others»,

whereas if you don't they will find themselves «subject to» the power of others.

Opportunity and effects may vary.

  • Ancapistani  2 months ago

    That’s a good point.

    That said, this is exactly the conversations my wife and I have with our kids. In life, there are times when you voluntarily place yourself under someone’s authority. There are other times when you’re subject to their power, the source of which is irrelevant is it is outside your control.

    We’re unschooling anarchists, so our conversations are a bit wild at times :).

    OTOH, my 16- and 11-year-olds just learned the word “lapsus” :P