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OUR PHILOSOPHY

RESPECTFUL PARENTING

We practice and practise respectful parenting. At the Square, we strive to treat our children as whole people, coming alongside our them and partnering with them in a culture of mutual respect.

 

We focus on connection and empathy, working together to foster problem solving and conflict resolution.

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Parents offer each other a compassionate and non-judgmental space to work through challenges. 

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"If you had a generation of children who grew up with their sense of morality based on empathy rather than judgement, you would totally change the fabric of society."

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- Artemis D Bear

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SELF-DIRECTED & CONSENT-BASED

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​The Square is self-directed: it offers children time, space and an environment in which they can explore and learn in a way that is meaningful to them. They can choose what, when and how to learn things within safe boundaries. 

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The Square is consent-based: respectful of our own freedom, choices and boundaries, and the freedom, choices and boundaries of others. We aim to support the children to engage with the group to the extent they are able to.

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COMMUNITY

The Square is intentionally a regular, consistent community of families, through which our children can build strong friendships with the same group of peers and work through inevitable conflicts together, and parents can learn from each other and offer each other mutual support. 

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We want the Square to evolve as our children grow and we are open-minded about what this might look like. There is open discussion about the needs of the community and any ensuing changes. 

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©2021 The Square

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