this is literally the problem. parents don't even face minimal moral disapprobation for most abuses. people think the very idea of parents having power over children is funny, much as John Adams found it funny when his wife suggested men had power over women.https://twitter.com/nberlat/status/1338634504697749504 …
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The Lord of the Flies is a deconstruction of The Coral Island (published 1857), a book where shipwrecked white boys demonstrate their moral superiority over Pacific Islanders. There is a reason The Lord of the Flies is set during a massive war.
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I've seen one reading of LotF where it's very specifically about British boarding school culture, and what that kind of environment does to little kids. (Wait this might have been you)
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