Reading this piece from The Witherspoon Institute reminded me again that parenting is like walking a tight-rope, irrespective of which side of the rope you tend to fall. It is a good discussion on the underlying philosophies (a.k.a. presuppositions) driving education theory.

The writer is Christopher O. Tollefsen, Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina and a senior fellow of the Witherspoon Institute. He sits on the editorial board of Public Discourse.