What do you think makes a great parent?

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What do you think makes a great parent? - Lemmy.World

I’m asking as a dad of two biological kids and one adopted child (though the concept of adoption differs between the West and the Arab world), ranging in age from 13 to 17. I was raised with a traditional Arab boss-subordinate dynamic between parent and child, but with my kids I went the opposite way and tried to cultivate a best-friend, mentor, and guide relationship, while still maintaining my role as an authority figure.

the main sources of child abuse stem from the nuclear family, patriarchy and white supremacy. sociologists and anarchists call this intersectional system of domination childism.

as adults we should all start with abolishing parental rights and not treating children like property.

once children have the freedom to choose their parental figures, abuse will go way down.

in other words, we need to apply the lessons from the feminist movement of emancipating women to emancipating children.

it’s no coincidence that in old timey rhetoric women were called children, because being associated with a child means you become a slave to your husband.

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