[fporretto]

"Socialization" is a bludgeon-concept, as the author of this article has discovered. Compel anyone wielding it to explain what it means in detail, and he'll turn tail and flee. I've done it many times; it's immensely gratifying.

If there's a shred of meaning to the notion of "socialization," it would be that children, who have not yet mastered the courtesies and internalized the self-restraints that allow us to get along with one another, must learn them -- and the best place to do this is in a social setting that requires and enforces them. A classroom in which there is one adult and many children -- and the adult often dismissive of the social norms herself! -- is obviously not the right setting for it.

Freedom, Wealth, and Peace,
Francis W. Porretto
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[Lizavetta]

If there's a shred of meaning to the notion of "socialization," it would be that children, who have not yet mastered the courtesies and internalized the self-restraints that allow us to get along with one another, must learn them -- and the best place to do this is in a social setting that requires and enforces them. A classroom in which there is one adult and many children -- and the adult often dismissive of the social norms herself! -- is obviously not the right setting for it.

Quote of the day.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Fran,

#25 contains a link to a year-old piece that you might have missed--but which certainly will reward a read!

--Lynn