You Can’t Force Sharing: Respecting A Child’s Property Rights

Every human being has an essential claim to their property. The most basic form of property rights is that of the self. Each individual owns their own body; this applies to children as well. The idea of “property rights” seems a bit disconnected and materialistic on the surface, but when you think of it in terms of self-ownership and what […]

NAP Time: A Case Against Spanking

One of the main tenets of the philosophy here at Modern Times is a principle known as the NAP. No, not the sweet, sweet, quiet, time you get when the little ones are sleeping in the afternoon. This NAP is the non-aggression principle. It can be defined as the idea that the act of initiating aggression onto another person or […]

Introduction

Welcome to Modern Times Parenting! First, I want to explain the name which should give the readers a better idea of the philosophy that our advice, suggestions, and ideas are based upon. Modern Times was the name of a colony in New York from 1851-1864 founded by the “1st American Anarchist”, Josiah Warren. Warren was an individualist anarchist hence he […]