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Attachment parenting plays on a theme familiar in self-help: the idea that you should reject outside expertise in favour of your own instincts and inner resourc
by IntronExon 9y ago
Attachment parenting plays on a theme familiar in self-help: the idea that you should reject outside expertise in favour of your own instincts and inner resources – except in the case of the guru offering this advice, who demands your obedience to his or her expertise.
You could replace “Attachment Parenting” with so many different ideas, from anti-vaxxer ideology to AGW denialism. It’s painful to think about just how broadly applicable the observation of the author is beyond the realm of this article. As a species we’re drowning in tribes, cults, and misinformation for power, profit, or comfort.
In particular New Age-ism, political identity, and alternative “medicine” are hotbeds of this.
- pcmaffey 9y ago> As a species we’re drowning in tribes, cults, and misinformation for power, profit, or comfort. I believe this is the driving motivation behind 'attachment parenting' (what a weird term) and general movements to rely on personal knowledge.
- IntronExon 9y agoPersonal knowledge is the source of these issues; it’s a fallacy that we’re some kind of wise and insightful creature which is only led astray in groups. Tribes, cults, and the misinformation they produce are just the result of our collectivized fantasies about ourselves and our environment. At least as a group we can start to produce something which can be tested.