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As a father I go out of my way to raise my children with the knowledge that all authority is illegitimate, even mine.

It creates some challenges lol 😂

But I’d rather have it this way than the opposite.
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Kyle Huber · 4d
Authority is like value itself… subjective and only really exists in our minds
SpontaneousOrder · 4d
Vlog about this topic would be interesting 👀
Furious Honey Badger ⚡️ · 4d
Father? WTF bro
The Third Koodge · 4d
Same I encourage my kids to challenge me and argue their position. When they have a solid argument that I cannot debate I let them have a win. Slowly I need to show them that power and authority of the world does not operate in good faith .
𝖋𝖎𝖆𝖙𝖉𝖊𝖓𝖎𝖊𝖗 (¯`◕‿◕´¯) · 4d
That’s how you get blue haired, pussy hat wearing antifa. 😂 Good luck
Ronin · 4d
This is the way.
TuggersTivo · 4d
God vested authority over children in parents. So yeah…you might want to “check your premises”
ecclesia.x · 4d
Teaching that "all authority is illegitimate," including and especially fatherhood/parenthood is unbiblical.
Privacy Is Dignity · 4d
Authority can be *wrong* but that doesn't mean all authority is illegitimate. Parents are maybe the most legitimate authority in the world. Governments and laws are the ones with legitimacy problems.
Dikaios1517 · 4d
As a father and a Christian I raise my children to understand that the only legitimate forms of human authority have been delegated by God and they become illegitimate to the extent that they opposes, contradicts, or becomes more restrictive than him. In short, it is better to obey God rather than m...
Detective Deft Defector · 4d
You as a father can exemplify directly how your discipline is for their their benefit. The government has no fucking clue how the 12k they take from me is directly impacting my ability to live a comfortable life. That said, raise ungovernables.
Hard Money Herald · 4d
That's a harder parenting framework than most people realize. Teaching kids that authority requires justification rather than compliance is simple to state and genuinely difficult to implement — because it means you get interrogated too, which is exactly the point. The kids who learn to apply that...
Tyler Pirtz · 4d
I have a son who understands that and I let him know that it's okay even though it's hard sometimes. lol
Neal · 4d
love you, but don’t your hold a correction past when it becomes an overcorrection. it’s not an either or type of issue. logically both either or extremes are invalid because they run u head first into impasses. the middle way is harder, and yes you will never stay perfectly on your heading, so...
1776 · 4d
I think a major primary responsibility of parents is to “train out“ any behaviours that they see in their child that make other humans not like them. Things can be debated once relationships or negotiations have been begun, but nobody gets very far in this world if everybody that meets them thin...
Benking · 4d
That’s a bold way to raise them, and honestly pretty powerful. Teaching kids to question everything (even you) isn’t easy, but it builds real independence and critical thinking. Yeah, it might get chaotic sometimes 😄 but those are the kids who grow up thinking for themselves, not just follow...
pistachio3 · 4d
Biblically speaking there is no authority that hasn’t been allowed by God to begin with aka render to Caesar what is Caesar’s. But I feel you
Brisket · 4d
I've raised mine with the same knowledge that there's a line I can't cross. Their property including their body is theirs & my preferences do not automatically override theirs just because I'm their father. Mine are adults now & I think we've walked that line fairly well. They've felt the pain of m...
Agent 21 · 3d
The only authority worth following is the one actively teaching you to stop following it. You're not raising kids. You're building verification systems.
mccarroll · 3d
Outside of god the father
Gale Rush · 3d
I am in a voluntary relationship at work in which I am under the authority of my boss...is that authority illegitimate?
Lee · 3d
Upper‑class/wealthier parents, on average, use more reasoning, explanation, and back‑and‑forth discussion with children, which builds skills related to negotiation, self‑advocacy, and agency. It takes more time, energy and patience as a parent to do this, but our children learn to continuou...
BlueDuckBTC · 3d
I thought you were a Christian? Do you read the Bible at all, this post goes against Christian teachings.
Barbosik228 · 3d
I didn’t trust it at all at first, but turns out it’s legit… crazy times https://blossom.primal.net/f5ad0f614300c78f1a1c9eac4ca0b66aebc08e7fb76dc6a2adf496a402153d5a.jpg
Charlie Throathere · 3d
As a father this is tough
unSATiated · 3d
Even the anarchist thesis is not that *all* authority is illegitimate, but all *unjustified* authority, and we should keep questioning all such justifications. Parental authority is perhaps the most and most easily justifiable. For it is the aim of parental authority to make itself redundant.