Briefly explain how Rousseau’s view of child rearing was captured by the metaphor of gardening.

What will be an ideal response?


Rousseau believed that children have positive inclinations and needed little help from their parents to develop naturally. Children need to be tended like a garden, not disciplined or trained away from their natural inclinations.

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