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Is it, then, that because it isn't Stanford and Harvard teaching it that we discount the teaching? That is certainly a theme seen outside of the topic of paren

Is it, then, that because it isn't Stanford and Harvard teaching it that we discount the teaching? That is certainly a theme seen outside of the topic of parenting. High school graduates in particular, who have spent 12+ years of their life in the education system, are oft considered 'uneducated'. Not because they actually are uneducated, just that they haven't received an education from a particular school. I don't know where this general idea that we don't teach parenting comes from. Even ignoring said classes, once I had children the teachers will still lining up around the block to help me through the process. There is no subject I know of that has more teaching resources directed to it.

friend_and_foe 3y ago
The article addresses the fact that people used to learn parenting from their communities, families came together when a new baby was born to help out and teach. I think this social aspect of teaching parenting is very much wanted and even craved. People want to be taught how to parent, just not by the government. An institution, any institution, teaching parenting just feels like more domestication by bureaucracy. I don't want to be told how to interact with my dearly loved family by my overlord. I don't want to learn how to parent by watching an educational video turned on by a professional with a 4 year degree in mothering. Kids that finish high school are considered uneducated either because contextually we are talking about specialized skills and secondary education, or because school does a terrible job at actually educating.
- randomdata 3y ago
  > people used to learn parenting from their communities, families came together when a new baby was born to help out and teach. Right, and still do. That never went anywhere. That is still how it is done. Since the dawn of man a small group of, predominantly young, people have set out into the world and left their families behind, but we saw a temporary aberration where that rate rose as people left for college, often to never return. While that trend started seeing a meaningful reversal by the late 2010s, those of average child rearing age today would have been the young adults most likely to leave around the peak migration. We're still not talking huge numbers. The large majority of people have always stayed close to their parents, but enough people separated from their families that you can write an article about it. Particularly The Atlantic, which caters to the type of people most likely to leave their family behind. Clearly we do teach parenting, from families, to the community, to even under the direction of formal institutions – so perhaps the takeaway is that the Atlantic's primary audience thought they knew better when they were 18 when they left their families behind, never befriended anyone older with children where they ended up, and now are feeling the consequences of their actions as they have children of their own? > People want to be taught how to parent, just not by the government. Keep in mind that the article is focused on America. Government is the community. Understandably, things are different in China (or whatever overlord it is you live under).

friend_and_foe 3y ago

The article addresses the fact that people used to learn parenting from their communities, families came together when a new baby was born to help out and teach. I think this social aspect of teaching parenting is very much wanted and even craved. People want to be taught how to parent, just not by the government. An institution, any institution, teaching parenting just feels like more domestication by bureaucracy. I don't want to be told how to interact with my dearly loved family by my overlord. I don't want to learn how to parent by watching an educational video turned on by a professional with a 4 year degree in mothering. Kids that finish high school are considered uneducated either because contextually we are talking about specialized skills and secondary education, or because school does a terrible job at actually educating.

randomdata 3y ago
> people used to learn parenting from their communities, families came together when a new baby was born to help out and teach. Right, and still do. That never went anywhere. That is still how it is done. Since the dawn of man a small group of, predominantly young, people have set out into the world and left their families behind, but we saw a temporary aberration where that rate rose as people left for college, often to never return. While that trend started seeing a meaningful reversal by the late 2010s, those of average child rearing age today would have been the young adults most likely to leave around the peak migration. We're still not talking huge numbers. The large majority of people have always stayed close to their parents, but enough people separated from their families that you can write an article about it. Particularly The Atlantic, which caters to the type of people most likely to leave their family behind. Clearly we do teach parenting, from families, to the community, to even under the direction of formal institutions – so perhaps the takeaway is that the Atlantic's primary audience thought they knew better when they were 18 when they left their families behind, never befriended anyone older with children where they ended up, and now are feeling the consequences of their actions as they have children of their own? > People want to be taught how to parent, just not by the government. Keep in mind that the article is focused on America. Government is the community. Understandably, things are different in China (or whatever overlord it is you live under).