359: Let the children lead?

<p>P&amp;C drink and review Geralt&#39;s Gold, a no-alcohol Helles brew, then discuss how our views of children have changed. </p> <p><br></p> <p>In the latter half of the 20th century our culture turned away from the previous &quot;seen and not heard&quot; attitude and tried to be more interested in what children say. We also started to be obsessed with childrens&#39; feelings and their self esteem. </p> <p><br></p> <p>P&amp;C don&#39;t remember anybody caring about their feelings, their self esteem, or whether they were anxious when they were young. It&#39;s as if we&#39;re teaching children to have mental problems. </p> <p><br></p> <p>In the modern environment, the most unruly kid sets the agenda for the classroom because the teachers and principals can&#39;t do anything to them. </p> <p><br></p> <p>This has evolved into the modern &quot;gender&quot; confusion, which seems to have no end of foolishness. Now we have &quot;gender minotaurs&quot; and other ridiculous concepts. </p> <p><br></p> <p>But it&#39;s not just &quot;gender.&quot; The anti-straw hysteria was invented by a nine year old who made up phony statistics that the media swallowed whole. And then he did a TED talk. </p> <p><br></p> <p>Nobody thought to check it. I guess the children were leading. </p> <p><br></p>