Permissiveness is the principle of treating children as if they were adults; and the tactic of making sure they never reach that stage.
Thomas Stephen Szasz (1973). “The second sin”, Anchor
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Permissiveness is the principle of treating children as if they were adults; and the tactic of making sure they never reach that stage.