Birthrights
Book description
Children are the most helpless of all the oppressed. Misled by worn out myths and stereotyped visions, parents have indoctrinated, patronized, dominated, incarcerated, tyrannized, deprived, and abused their offspring while suffering themselves from the guilt that goes with responsibility. This book, written by a psychologist and father of five, proposes…
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Why read it?
1 author picked Birthrights as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is my favorite manifesto monograph for children’s rights. It is very radical for its date of publication (1974) and argues for emancipating kids as much as possible from adult control. His message is laid out in a number of clear, simple, and explicit points and is accompanied by appropriate argumentation.
I love that the book does not shrink from controversy and that it adopts explicit recommendations for diametrically altering the status of young people without beating about the bush. The message is still timely today, and it would be good if more people thought to act upon it. It…
From Ned's list on demonstrating that children are people too.
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