tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post7833027921694630617..comments2024-03-28T00:11:33.489-04:00Comments on bensozia: Helicopter Parenting and AuthoritarianismJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-34821799915982198812017-06-20T13:25:24.154-04:002017-06-20T13:25:24.154-04:00I haven't read the essay, but its argument sou...I haven't read the essay, but its argument sounds like it's based on a perhaps disingenuous equivalence between tough-guy, spare-the-rod patriarchalism of the sort that I imagine characterized Germany around 1900, and contemporary helicopter parenting, when these things seem to me the exact opposite of each other. I suppose it also depends on what you think is political authoritarianism. Some would probably say anti-bullying programs, gun control, and seatbelt laws are authoritarian, but it's a certain kind of protective, helicopter parent authoritarianism that seems rather different from the Trumpian (or for that matter, Hitler's or Stalin's) kind.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08993570411881726772noreply@blogger.com