## Metadata - Author: [[Constance Kamii]] - Full Title: Young Children Reinvent Arithmetic - Category: #books ## Highlights - Today’s enormous social problems such as the drug problem, killings in schools, teenage pregnancies, and the spread of AIDS are caused largely by people’s inability to take relevant factors into account in making decisions. When they take drugs, people are deciding to take drugs. When they shoot others, people are likewise deciding to shoot others. When they have unsafe sex or smoke cigarettes, people are also deciding to engage in these activities. People who can take relevant factors into account in making decisions are likely to make wiser decisions than those who are blind to relevant factors. ([Location 1283](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0725NGLL7&location=1283)) - The morality of autonomy can develop only from inside the child. This takes time, and it can develop only through discussions and decentering in the context of mutual respect. ([Location 1291](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0725NGLL7&location=1291))