> 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