It's Tuttle Twin Tuesday!
Every Tuesday for the next 8 weeks, I will review each of the Tuttle Twin books. I made a previous post on this subject a few days back, you can see it here.
The Tuttle Twins Learn about The Law
When I first saw the title, I thought it would be a boring book for children. What child would want to learn about law? But after reading it to my children I quickly learned the principles that were being taught.
The book "The Law" is about the proper role of government and what true laws are. Not only what man has created, but that there are certain rights and restrictions given by God Himself, superseding the laws of man. True laws protect people.
An unjust law (ehem wealth redistribution) will benefit some at the expense of others. Stealing is always wrong.
"But how is this legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them and gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime." - The Law by Frederic Bastiat
Bad guys can be in government?
If only I were taught about this as a young child.
I grew up being taught that generally speaking, the government was like a parental authority above my parents. They were pretty much always right. And as long as I was not doing anything wrong, I could trust the government in almost any situation.
But this book teaches children that there are good guys in government... and bad guys too.
It doesn't expound on liberal/conservative or the left/right paradigm, but says very plainly "Bad guys can be in government." What a valuable lesson for young people to understand early in life.
This book is not advocating for violent revolution, but plants seeds into young fertile minds about the proper role of government - to enforce just laws that protect it's people.
"When the government does bad things, it's hard to fight back because they are very powerful... And so we fight back with ideas, like the ones in this book. Like the ones I've been teaching you about just now." - The Tuttle Twins Learn about the Law
Self reliance, rather than government reliance.
Young children are used to their parents providing everything they need. It's natural when they leave home to look for someone to fill that role of benefactor.
But the Tuttle twins learn about self-reliance and to be in a position to help others in times of need. My favorite picture in the book is when Fred, their neighbor, shows them his pantry. Right down to the dehydrated beans. :-)
I hope lots of steemians' pantries look like this! Be like Fred. Fred is smart. Fred knows what happens when just laws are trampled upon.
Learn more about the Tuttle Twin Books
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All Eight Tuttle Twin Books
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If you have children who are learning about liberty and justice, I highly recommend these books. Check them out.
Have you read any of these books? Or the "grown-up" versions? Let me know in the comments!
Bless the Most High!