Dear Phellow Phriammers,
EricC has demanded to know why I have not pitched into the discussion of Hazard-learning and Development. Mostly, I am 82 and I just cannot keep up with you guys. Do any of the rest of you know what its like to fall behind in a friam conversation??!! It's like climbing a hill of ball bearings. I am fighting the urge to justify my negligence. The discussion does seem to verge on a bicker amongst the Libertarian Faithful -- the kind of argument which would go better if we had all read Vygotsky (which I have not). I will say that Vygotsky is the origin of the notion of "scaffolding" by adults. The Good Mother's behavior toward the child and the flame just seems like a perfect example of scaffolding, where one set's up the conditions for safe learning and then gets the hell out of the way. I can see why Eric, who is on the point of raising two teenagers, might have this issue in mind. I less understand where Glen is coming from. But setting aside my anti-libertarian bias, it seems an interesting and useful conversation, to which I, for once, blessedly, do not have anything to contribute but a rectified transcript of the conversation so far. I have added this note to the bottom of it. Why don't you all do the same? Let the conversation continue! Nick
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