The real question is, how do you raise your kids so they don't turn into the next Pete Buttigieg?
this post was submitted on 27 Nov 2024
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There're different levels. Sure, maybe eating a potato chip is political, but it's not the same level of political as telling your child how to conduct themselves.
The way families are constructed is political. That I have effectively absolute authority over my children, however I choose to use that power, is absolutely political. Marginalized people live under the threat of having their children stolen from them because they lack the social capital to avoid getting ensnared in the family regulation system. That children have such limited rights to begin with is political. The power relations that exist between a parent and a child, and the structural context those relations exist in, is very much political.
The book Childism (Libgen link) broached the topic and is good reading.
On my reading list, thank you for the recommendation!