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I think part of the problem is that modern technology and lifestyles have sort of enabled this. When you have entire generations of people who have only minimal contact with reality, they Don’t really believe in the necessity of teaching kids to survive in the world. When the default is “if he fails then there are all of these systems that mean he will do okay.” That could just be the assumption of the time when mom and dad were in school and there were enough “good enough” jobs for college graduates that a kid who flounders for a couple of years will be okay, so there’s no urgency in making sure that your kid is employable and can present himself well. For the lower class it’s much the same. Kids don’t need to worry about learning in school and learning a trade or going to college because welfare will feed them. And without hard edges, without having to worry about whether the children are being raised into sensible adults, they tend to go with the idea of letting kids do whatever they want.
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