Should you consider “Not begging someone for something” denying them agency?
I mean, presumably, you would prefer your five year old not ask you for too much chocolate. But what if they say “But PARENT, if I DIDN’T beg you for too much chocolate, I would be denying you of your agency!”
Because I have both begged for things, not begged for things and been begged from, in all sorts of various circumstances. Possibly too many to list.
Should you consider “Not begging someone for something” denying them agency?
I mean, presumably, you would prefer your five year old not ask you for too much chocolate. But what if they say “But PARENT, if I DIDN’T beg you for too much chocolate, I would be denying you of your agency!”
Because I have both begged for things, not begged for things and been begged from, in all sorts of various circumstances. Possibly too many to list.