Is it reasonable for parents to prefer that their children speak the same language as them vs. some other language?
Is it reasonable for parents to prefer that their children learn to enjoy the kinds of food the parent enjoys?
Is it reasonable for parents to prefer that their children learn to enjoy the kinds of food the parent enjoys?
Answer options here are "Yes, duh" or "I'm actually do not have a brain." Those are literally the only options, there is no middle ground.
Regardless of what may be efficient or useful for a child, it is entirely reasonable for parents to prefer that their children develop in ways which are comprehensible to the parent. Other concerns might motivate caveats or deviations, but the question is about the reasonability
Of *parental preferences*, desires, not questions on how far they ought to go to implement those desires.
If you think it is somehow unreasonable for parents to desire homophily with their kids, then I just don't see any way we can ever have a rational conversation together.
If you think it is somehow unreasonable for parents to desire homophily with their kids, then I just don't see any way we can ever have a rational conversation together.
just so much ignorant seethe from people who have never actually dealt with the reality of their child literally being unable to speak to them like an adult.
as it happens, i actually want the opposite of this:
i want spanish-speaking parents to get tax dollars to put their kids in primarily spanish-speaking schools, if they so choose!
i want spanish-speaking parents to get tax dollars to put their kids in primarily spanish-speaking schools, if they so choose!
https://twitter.com/SciencePartisan/status/1494700496078225408
but gonna block that person anyways, though they were a nice foil
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