I don't recall how I learned about the Summerhill School, but it really educated me as to how children learn. This school was founded in England in 1921 by Alexander Neill for "troubled kids". Children are not small adults. They don't think and reason as adults can, or as adults should. Children can't be taught; they can only learn. And they learn what they want and when they want. This book covers all the issues involving children.
Actually, I feel that there are no "problem kids" or "troubled kids"; it's "problem adults" and "troubled adults". Government controlled schooling is imprisonment and indoctrination. The kids can sense this. That is why they rebel. Rather than my trying to endorse this book, I suggest that parents and potential parents read it. In addition, I recommend 2 books by John Holt originally published in 1962: "How Children Learn" and "How Children Fail".
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