Plagiarism of the "If I Let him" page

This was a blog post by Chaley-Ann Scott. Her wordpress site was deleted in September, 2013.

If I Let Them…

Posted on March 21, 2013 by The Shepherdess: A Guide to Mothering without Control

So often parents are incredibly fearful of the progressive approach to parenting. They commonly see the logic but express that they don’t think it will work for their children. Because their children are different. Their children are too wild and unruly and they NEED rules, otherwise there would be chaos. With their permission, here are some of their comments:


• If I let them they would live off chocolate and watch horror films all day.

• My son would only eat bugs if I let him.

• My daughter would kill her sister and the dogs and the cat if I let her.


• My twins would only play computer games all day and never eat and never sleep if I let them.

• I know he would run in the road and disappear down the street and get abducted.


• My boys are so lazy and rude that if I didn’t say anything they would just play all day long.


• If I answered every question my son asked I would be answering questions all day long.


• If he had his way all I would do is play with him all day long.


• If she had her choice all I would do is hold her 24/7 (this was about a 6-month-old baby)

• All she wants to do is talk to me all day if I let her.

• If I let them do what they wanted the house would be burnt down.


• If I didn’t make them do chores my house would be condemned, full of garbage and bugs.


• If they had free reign they would roam the streets, steal, lie, hit people, stay up all night, eat junk all day long, swear and get put in jail.

When we look closely at how we view our children it isn’t very nice is it?. The truth is that all children are capable and intrinsically motivated to learn generosity, respect, politeness, curiosity, gentleness, consideration, and social graces when given the freedom to do so.
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The page from which much of this was taken is If I let him....

These two, even in that order, barely changed:

[I]f I answered every question my kids asked, my son would ask questions all day.
If he had his choice he would want me to just play with him all day. (of a nine year old boy)
One of hers is made from two of mine, which appear in a box on the righthand side of my page. Clicking that image will go to a WayBack Machine version to show mine predated 2013 in that form for six years.
Hers:

• If I didn’t make them do chores my house would be condemned, full of garbage and bugs.

Plagiarism