Is it the responsibility of good parents to level the playing field for bad parents?
Some academics and journalists, including Gelonesi himself, seem to think so.
Responding to the segment online, Gelonesi wrote, “This devilish twist of evidence surely leads to a further conclusion that perhaps — in the interests of levelling the playing field — bedtime stories should also be restricted.”
Perhaps Gelonesi jests, as he admitted to the Daily Telegraph that the segment was a way for ABC to “get attention,” but that doesn’t mean the idea isn’t fundamentally misguided.
Besides the fact that it would be difficult, if not impossible, to enforce restrictions on bedtime stories, the idea that parents should consider disadvantaging their own children to make up for those who couldn’t be bothered to do their jobs properly is an unfortunate sign of the “progressive” times.
When asked by the Daily Telegraph if it would be easier to simply encourage other parents to begin reading to their children, Gelonesi said, “we [Gelonesi and Swift] didn’t discuss that.”
I’ve asked it before and I’ll ask it again:
Why not just hand our children over to the state at birth and be done with it?
Having a loving family = Unfair advantage
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Originally Posted by dmp
