Sanger, Rachel

Sanger, Rachel

Rachel Sanger

1 July 2010Feature

“… parenting is more like nourishing a seed than chiselling stone into a statue” Hugh and Gayle Prather

Let me describe the satisfying joyful way of life which is non-coercive parenting.

I grew up in the 50s and 60s. My parents were not typical of the time. I have no idea why not, it was just the way they were. My mother only recently in fact said to me, “We never thought of ‘bringing up’ we were just people living together and doing what we could”. They never smacked us, never made us eat or wear anything we didn’t like. I never went to the dentist until I chose to age 13. I…