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bonnie_j

On childrearing manuals

Oct 20, 2009 11:29

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a new parent is in need of Advice, and there are no shortage of authorities willing to provide it. The hard part is looking beneath it and deciding whether or not the philosophical underpinning of the advice is something that fits your own values. There seems to be a huge quantity of crypto- ( Read more... )

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aberwyn October 20 2009, 01:48:57 UTC

You know, Dr. Spock's ideas still make a lot of anti-fundi sense. :-)

They have been so distorted in the USA by the rightwing! They're not "permissive" in the sense that his enemies mean. His message was basically that parents are the adults, they're in charge, kids are programmed to love them, and so there's no need for any hysterical emphasis on discipline and blind obedience.

sierra_le_oli October 20 2009, 20:20:34 UTC

Wow all round. And, Ellie, no concupiscence for you!

bonnie_j October 20 2009, 20:36:14 UTC

Not till she's older, anyway.

Incongruously, I'm heavily influenced in my fightback against fundyism at the moment by the amount of True Blood I'm watching - I decided I liked it as soon as I saw the sign "God Hates Fangs" in the opening credits. It's a lovely commentary on religion, sex and morality, disguised as a vampire story.