Comments on: Rules and regulations for teens, part 3 http://karenrayne.com/2007/11/19/rules-and-regulations-for-teens-part-3/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:28:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: karenrayne http://karenrayne.com/2007/11/19/rules-and-regulations-for-teens-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-388 karenrayne Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:34:05 +0000 http://karenrayne.com/2007/11/19/rules-and-regulations-for-teens-part-3/#comment-388 Bob, You might be interested in reading my post from a few weeks after this where I qualify my point about using the Socratic Method. Here's the link: http://karenrayne.com/2007/12/03/the-one-question-rule/ Bob, You might be interested in reading my post from a few weeks after this where I qualify my point about using the Socratic Method. Here’s the link: http://karenrayne.com/2007/12/03/the-one-question-rule/

]]> By: Bob http://karenrayne.com/2007/11/19/rules-and-regulations-for-teens-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-387 Bob Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:46:10 +0000 http://karenrayne.com/2007/11/19/rules-and-regulations-for-teens-part-3/#comment-387 I read the wikipedia entry on the Socratic Method, and I think it is a terrible way to try to talk about important issues with a teenager. I mean, really: "The practice involves asking a series of questions surrounding a central issue, and answering questions of the others involved. Generally this involves the defense of one point of view against another and is oppositional. The best way to 'win' is to make the opponent contradict themselves in some way that proves the inquirer's own point." I have 'fond' memories of my own mother employing such a cop-out rhetorical device when I was a teenager. She'd ask an innocent sounding question, then follow up with more and more probing questions. Frankly, it would have been more fun to submit to half a dozen wedgies, so I would always terminate the conversation after question #2 in a mushroom cloud of profanities. Ahhh. Those were the days. I read the wikipedia entry on the Socratic Method, and I think it is a terrible way to try to talk about important issues with a teenager. I mean, really:

“The practice involves asking a series of questions surrounding a central issue, and answering questions of the others involved. Generally this involves the defense of one point of view against another and is oppositional. The best way to ‘win’ is to make the opponent contradict themselves in some way that proves the inquirer’s own point.”

I have ‘fond’ memories of my own mother employing such a cop-out rhetorical device when I was a teenager. She’d ask an innocent sounding question, then follow up with more and more probing questions. Frankly, it would have been more fun to submit to half a dozen wedgies, so I would always terminate the conversation after question #2 in a mushroom cloud of profanities.

Ahhh. Those were the days.

]]> By: Adolescent Sexuality by Dr. Karen Rayne » The One Question Rule http://karenrayne.com/2007/11/19/rules-and-regulations-for-teens-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-386 Adolescent Sexuality by Dr. Karen Rayne » The One Question Rule Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:52:59 +0000 http://karenrayne.com/2007/11/19/rules-and-regulations-for-teens-part-3/#comment-386 [...] One Question Rule Several weeks ago I wrote about using the Socratic method. And while I stand by what I said in that post, I realized through talking with several parents [...] [...] One Question Rule Several weeks ago I wrote about using the Socratic method. And while I stand by what I said in that post, I realized through talking with several parents [...]

]]> By: Stacey http://karenrayne.com/2007/11/19/rules-and-regulations-for-teens-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-372 Stacey Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:03:15 +0000 http://karenrayne.com/2007/11/19/rules-and-regulations-for-teens-part-3/#comment-372 Love the post! I totally agree! I half-jokingly mock my more strict friends but you can't know what they are going to do until they do something. Plus, you have spent your whole life with this kid, are you really that scared that if given an bit of freedom your kids will totally abandon everything you've taught them? Love the post! I totally agree! I half-jokingly mock my more strict friends but you can’t know what they are going to do until they do something. Plus, you have spent your whole life with this kid, are you really that scared that if given an bit of freedom your kids will totally abandon everything you’ve taught them?

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