Re: NYTimes.com: How Parents Are Robbing Their Children of Adulthood (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2019 09:43:10 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 > more snowplow parents

All this makes me believe that a Handmaid's Tale-like future would be most
probable if people were unable to pass on their genes.

I guess the selfish gene scenario even played out in the kibbutzim:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibbutz_communal_child_rearing_and_collective_education .

I expect that this will be humanity's undoing.

 >  > From: Heather Howard <http://www.gmail.com/~hhoward40>
 >  > Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2019 10:38:35 -0700
 >  > 
 >  >  In  the  wake  of  the  college  admissions  scandal,  found  this  to  be  
 >  >  very  interesting.   Of  course  Julia  Lythcott-Haims  is  mentioned.
 >  > 
 >  >  From  The  New  York  Times:
 >  > 
 >  >  How  Parents  Are  Robbing  Their  Children  of  Adulthood
 >  > 
 >  >  Today’s  ‘snowplow  parents’  keep  their  children’s  futures  
 >  >  obstacle-free —  even  when  it  means  crossing  ethical  and  legal  boundaries.
 >  > 
 >  >  https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/16/style/snowplow-parenting-scandal.html