I feel very strongly about parenting, not because I think that it makes a huge difference to how the child will turn out but because I think it makes a huge difference to how children experience childhood.
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Those who think its generally good for kids to be forced to defer to authority just because it's authority and it doesn't matter much whether the authority is respect-worthy or not. (Still think I'm gonna realise I'm conservative, conservatives?)
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I remember writing in my teenage angst diary 'They have the legal right to make the rules but they seem to expect me to still like them if they do. I have control over that.' :-/
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If I was a kid now, I'd probably be informing them that I was withdrawing my emotional labour in protest at my oppression. God, its a good thing I was a kid in the 80s when people mostly ignored me.
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It's not a justification. It can apply to 'brush your teeth' and 'eat all your meals standing on one leg in the bath.' There needs to be additional justification for rules. Because it's essential to your health. Because it makes you a better housemate.
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