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The Needs and Rights of Children, by John Holt. The case for treating children like real people, not pets and slaves, and for making available to them all the adult rights & responsibilities as outlined in the U.S. Bill of Rights. This book will challenge not only your ideas about what constitutes "childhood" In today's society, but your ideas about society as a whole.

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• Acknowledgments(p. vii)
• Preface(p. ix)
• 1. The Problem of Childhood(p. 1)
• 2. The Institution of Childhood(p. 6)
• 3. Childhood in History(p. 13)
• 4. The Family and Its Purposes(p. 24)
• 5. On the Loss of Authority of the Old(p. 31)
• 6. The Many "Crises" of Life(p. 36)
• 7. The Burden of Having Children(p. 40)
• 8. One Use of Childhood(p. 48)
• 9. On "Help" and "Helpers"(p. 50)
• 10. The Competence of Children(p. 57)
• 11. The Child As Love Object(p. 69)
• 12. On Seeing Children As "Cute"(p. 77)
• 13. How Children Exploit Cuteness(p. 86)
• 14. Love May Not Cure Everything(p. 94)
• 15. What Children Need, We All Need(p. 105)
• 16. On the Use of the Word "Rights"(p. 109)
• 17. The Right to Vote(p. 114)
• 18. The Right to Work(p. 128)
• 19. The Right to Own Property(p. 144)
• 20. The Right to Travel(p. 147)
• 21. The Right to Choose One's Guardian(p. 156)
• 22. The Right to a Guaranteed Income(p. 168)
• 23. The Right to Legal and Financial Responsibility(p. 172)
• 24. The Right to Control One's Learning(p. 186)
• 25. The Right to Use Drugs(p. 193)
• 26. The Right to Drive(p. 208)
• 27. The Law, the Young, and Sex(p. 210)
• 28. Steps to Take(p. 216)