April 22, 2020
Looks like the only tyrants the Progressives want are themselves.
Harvard prof calls homeschooling ‘dangerous,’ says it gives parents ‘authoritarian control’ over kids
In Harvard Magazine's May-June issue, Elizabeth Bartholet, a law professor and faculty director of the school’s Child Advocacy Program, worried homeschooled children will not be able to contribute to a democratic society.
"The issue is, do we think that parents should have 24/7, essentially authoritarian control over their children from ages zero to 18?" Bartholetasked. "I think that's dangerous. I think it's always dangerous to put powerful people in charge of the powerless, and to give the powerful ones total authority."
So we should have the government do it? They're not powerful!Civilization was established to benefit the family. The family is the core, the purpose of the larger civilization, not the other way around. The Progressive Left wants the individual to be property of the State. In Western Civilization it is the State that is to serve the individual and those associated with him or her. And children are given by God, not Man.
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Why did you put that where I would read it while I was drinking coffee? Damn you anyway. I had to spend ages clearing my nose and drying out my keyboard. Neither of them may ever be the same.
My father had so much authoritarian control over my young ass that I stood up whenever he entered the room. I didn't salute, but I waited for him to nod at me before I sat back down again. No, I wasn't afraid of him. He and I had a lot of really good times together. But when I entered Navy boot camp I found that I actually enjoyed it.
Harvard? Good lord. I can see it coming from some nutbag at San Diego State perhaps, but... Harvard? This country is just spherically fucked. Spherically as in, from any direction you look at it.
Posted by: Bill H at April 22, 2020 10:47 AM (vMiSr)
I had parents who were easy on me, perhaps too easy. But it was their right to do so and I appreciated the freedom then and now; I was more afraid of disappointing them than being punished or whatnot and so I did what I was supposed to do. But even if they were poor parents it's not the place of the State to decide such things. The State exists to protect and promote the sovereign authority of the individual and the family. It is not there to supercede.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at April 23, 2020 06:30 AM (4z6sM)
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