Rousseau Parenting

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Not every day was the same, but Mike was allowed to do whatever he pleased everyday of the week.
Mike’s parents are raising their child in a Rousseauian fashion. Jean-Jacques Rousseau believes that parents should not interfere with their child’s learning and growing. Rousseau states, “Everything degenerates in the hands of man.”(book 1, pg 37) Rousseau thinks that people should learn through nature, other men and things rather than having ideas and beliefs drilled into their heads. For example, Rousseau does not mind if you tell a child that if they put their hand on a stove it will burn, but if the child puts his hand near a stove after he is told this, Rousseau believes it is best that the child experience for himself the burning sensation to learn from his mistakes. A child learns very quickly what is right and wrong through experience and Rousseau does not think people should try and force these lessons upon their child, but rather they learn from their mistakes. He ...

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eat his breakfast and assure that he would be on time and waiting for the school bus to pick him up. After he got back from school he was given fifteen minutes to discuss his day with his mother and eat a quick and healthy snack. When this time period was over he sat down at his desk for a minimum of two hours to complete his homework and review what he had learned in school that day. When study hours were over Johnny was instructed to go into the basement and practice playing the piano for an hour until dinner was ready.
Dinner at Johnny’s house was very simple and healthy. Most days Johnny’s mother would grill him some chicken and give him a choice of either broccoli or steamed ...

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