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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do Americans think so differently about parenting than other places?

In my country, of course we involve ourselves in our children’s lives; that’s a parents job.  Just letting a child makes choices for himself leads to childish outcomes, which are not optimal.

This is why we are the ones to select the activities, the school, and eventually their partner in the marriage.  This is a system which has Ben proven to work because it is an ancient system.

Why can’t Americans see this? [/quote]

This also happens in America. Tribalism, classism, racism, religious discrimination are usually components of ancient systems designed to reinforce the power of particular groups by keeping people from those groups together and in power and others out. There is a lot of paternalism and collectivism involved and although America remains paternalistic we are very individualistic[b]. Would you arrange a marriage to someone of the same gender if your child identified as LGBTQ?[/b] [/quote]

Yes, I would arrange a marriage with such a person that my kid chooses.  The aim is to encourage the child to be fulfilled, healthy, successful and happy.

However, I would intervene if they wanted to do drugs.  Becase it is not healthy and will not lead them to be successful, even if they assure me that they will be fulfilled and happy doing drugs. [/quote]

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