DIANE HAWKINS

right on Deb L.

diane in de

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Kelli Traaseth

Lord of the Rings???? or flies?
Kelli
DIANE HAWKINS wrote:In Lord of the Rings you had a group of children that came from a very strictly disciplined and structured

military or boarding school type situation in which 24/7 they were following rules and then all of a sudden

they are on their own free to make all their own decisions and they do not know how to act. They went

rather temperarily insane. I bet if that had been a group of children that had been unschooled and had

received uncoersive parenting they would have gotten along just fine and would have become a very

functional group because they already knew how to think for themselves and use problem solving skills.

diane


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DIANE HAWKINS

In Lord of the Rings you had a group of children that came from a very strictly disciplined and structured

military or boarding school type situation in which 24/7 they were following rules and then all of a sudden

they are on their own free to make all their own decisions and they do not know how to act. They went

rather temperarily insane. I bet if that had been a group of children that had been unschooled and had

received uncoersive parenting they would have gotten along just fine and would have become a very

functional group because they already knew how to think for themselves and use problem solving skills.

diane


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DIANE HAWKINS

Kelli:Thanks for the correction. lol.Sorry about that I've only had three hours sleep.Yes I meant flies.

Although Lord of the Rings did have a violent social climate.

diane


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