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What the heck? Now we have to contend with "childism"?

queen-B's picture

okay, is anyone else disturbed by this? Who (in their right mind) equates child discipline with racism?

I am simply stunned...

http://ideas.time.com/2012/03/02/does-america-hate-children/

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queen-B's picture

I agree...but just the idea, creating the term childism, tries to move the discussion into the same arena as racism, sexism, ageism...all the "isms" we've created and built legal frameworks to deal with.

queen-B's picture

What about helicopter parenting, grade inflation, "social promotion," etc.? I don't think we do ourselves any favors by indulging in histrionics, telling people that because we as a nation struggle with:

* Building quality schools
* Providing adequate health care
* Creating safe environments in which children can grow and thrive

we are all a bunch of anti-child racist-equivalents. Indulging in this level of hyperbole only serves to shut down real dialogue on improving the overall quality of life we provide for our children (which could be logically argued ae supporte by the specific types of programs you quoted above).

Rhyleighblue's picture

I agree.

The point here is that extremes -at either end of the spectrum- are unhealthy and are an unnatural way to raise children.

What our children NEED is; food, shelter, protection from harm, opportunities to grow academically and socially, and encouragement to achieve self actualization.

What they DON'T need is to have that self actualization handed to them on a silver platter, or contrarily, denied to them at any cost. Both of those extremes are abarrent parenting styles and are counter productive to raising self sufficient, independent, valuable and contributing members of society.

Ommy's picture

“People as individuals and in societies mistreat children in order to fulfill certain needs through them, to project internal conflicts and self-hatreds outward, or to assert themselves when they feel their authority has been questioned,” Young-Bruehl wrote
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so from that quote I take it that I am guilty of "Childism" when they scream no when asked to do something and I place them in time out. I take it that I was guilty of "Childism" when I spanked FSD3 for ripping out my ear ring.

This is a crock of shit. (sorry for the language) but it is. a dad shooting a lop top because his daughter posted on a social network bashing her parents is in my mind a perfect punishment, lap top is how she did it. A child physically hurts you I think a spanking is in order.

To me a BM thought of this, after all most of them are in another world when it comes to rational thinking.