IN DEFENCE OF PARENTAL AUTHORITYNancy McDermott
Author and campaigner Nancy McDermott argues that Western society has started to put the state before the family – and this is a problem. From US pro-trans policies that allow teachers to withhold information from parents, to television shows depicting Mum and Dad as malicious, children are starting to get the message that their family won’t always operate in their best interest. Nancy argues that parents should no longer be undermined. The nuclear family, she writes, forms the bedrock of a healthy society, and has been given a bad rap. She argues that children who trust in the hierarchy of parenthood learn to become responsible citizens of a democratic country. Governments, instead of interfering, should leave parents alone.
Nancy McDermott is the author of The Problem with Parenting: how raising children is changing across America (Praeger 2020). She is currently US editor of Inspecting Gender (Genspect’s Substack). She is an affiliate of the Centre for Parenting Culture Studies (CPCS), a former head and adviser to Park Slope Parents, and has been a chapter leader for the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism (FAIR).
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