Is it time for parents to return to a position of loving but firm authority figures?
Annie Holmquist | April 14, 2016
Several months ago, Dr. Leonard Sax made headlines when he proposed that the lack of discipline we see in America today is simply the surface symptom of a greater problem: the decline of parental authority.
Dr. Sax’s theories were recently underscored by psychologist Lisa Damour in a New York Times piece on the benefits of family dinner time. Although the benefits of family dinners are regularly touted, Ms. Damour wonders how they produce such positive effects when a family often sits down exhausted to a silent and non-interactive meal together. Her answer is thought-provoking:
https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/blog/psychologist-authoritative-parenting-best-children
Secular society is constantly grinding away at parental authority, however well or poorly it is exercised.