Resisting Indoctrination | Abigail Shrier

My son got in trouble when he was in kindergarten because he told a girl he liked his drawing the best. She told on him and he got in trouble and a letter sent home for bullying. I’ve been homeschooling for eight years now.

I grew up in a household where, "Do you want me to give you something to cry about?" was a final warning, not an empty threat. My parents always asked about my opinions & views, but only because I respected them as parents.

If you treat children like they're incompetent, fragile, unstable and weak - then most will become like that...

Sometimes I see kids that are more mature than their parents.

If parents don’t discipline their children and are not there for their children this is what happens…parents love your children

Just heard this on Daily Wire. Absolutely spot on! I had been around little kids with their parents recently, and I was stunned by the constant negotiations, and choices that were presented to the children, along with the total disrespect, silliness, and rudeness by the kids. It was nothing but constant chaos. The only reprimands made were from the wife to her husband when he didn't deal with the kids in the same gentle manner as she. A no win situation. Absolutely tiring. Correct, no wonder people are having fewer kids when family life is a literal insane asylum run by the patients !

I was gaslit and guilted into “gentle parenting”. I fell for it all. I’d have professionals watching my son be violent and out of control and simply talk to him calmly or “redirect his behavior”. It NEVER WORKED, only made it worse. One day, while trying to stop my son from running into a street, he head butted me and started thrashing about,kicking me violently. Something in me snapped that day. I took him inside, sat him down and said “we’re done here” and I took away all his toys and privileges and forced him to sit in time out. It took MONTHS for me to “break him” and now, three years later, he’s a completely different child. I’m finally able to enjoy being a mom and now he can grow into a confident child who can (for the most part) control himself.

As a former ESE teacher I noticed a huge increase in special needs students. In fact, I left and went back to interpreting because the caseload was ridiculous. I thought I would be helping children with real disabilities. Ask any ESE teacher. The paperwork and workload is awful. The ability to help those who really need it is limited because of the lack of time. All of this is linked to funding. The more students labeled the more money the school gets. The public schools are so broken.

There are way too many parents that have no idea that your #1 job is to hold the line. Your kids don’t actually feel loved when you don’t know how to have boundaries and maintain them. WEAK PARENTING is an epidemic.

Two of my favorite journalists! I look forward to the Sunday special each week. Great work, Ben.