[nightspirit]

> If a child goes routinely to school I would not call this an action under coercion

I'm actually young enough to remember what school looked like and I'm sure as hell many of the kids wouldn't attend if they didn't know that they are going to be forced by their parents or the nanny state anyway.

[fsloth]

Sorry, I'm a bit of a pedantic in discussions here.

To simplify the situation let's claim that children do not go to school unless prompted by their parents. This is then an influence attempt by the parent to make the child follow with their directives.

Such an attempt has usually three possible outcomes: commitment, compliance or conflict.

Just because coercion can be used as an influence tactic does not mean it's always necessary to do so. Also, it seldom leads to the most preferred outcome (commitment).

The point was - not all influence tactics can be categorized as coercion - not that the hypothetical child would not need external influence to attend school.