Believers in progressive education feel that children can be led to the right thing by persuasion and reason, even at a very early age. In some cases, the child is not yet prepared to reason at an early age and the method is not successful. On the other hand, I remember one particular case in which I felt that, without question, if you had the patience and persuasiveness and did not mind making life difficult for everyone else around, this can be a wonderful way to bring up a child.
