Author: unitedfamilies

Apocalypse Now

Since the Second World War, powerful movements have been predicting that overpopulation, climate change, and various environmental disasters would soon make the planet unlivable. None of these predictions has come true, but that has seemingly only led these fanatical movements to redouble their efforts, convinced perhaps that when the collapse comes it will be all the worse for having been so long delayed.

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Andrew Tate is JS Mill’s monster

And I doubt a man who once said “I’m too smart to read” is familiar with the writing of John Stuart Mill. As well as being a central figure in modern liberal philosophy, Mill was also — inspired by his wife, Harriet Taylor Mill — perhaps the first male feminist, arguing that women should be free to participate in all areas of public life on the same terms as men. And yet, despite the apparent opposition of their views on women, Andrew Tate’s worldview is in direct descent from the one the Mills helped to inaugurate.

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Why are so many parents today asking, ‘What have I done wrong?’

Your teen directs a stream of vitriol towards you that would have earned your own kid-self a month’s grounding. The constant Jekyll-Hyde fluctuation between civil and hostile raises questions in you like “what have I done wrong?” and “why is this happening?” I was a far-from-perfect child, but I never spoke to my parents the way I hear children (mine included) speak to their parents today.

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It’s time to check your kid’s toys for grooming materials

They keep saying no one is grooming your kids but here we are once again. Multiple toy companies have gone full groomer.

With the recent news that American Girl Doll books are encouraging your daughters to transition we’ve been getting a lot of submissions regarding toys. So, just in time for the biggest toy holiday of the year, we decided to take you for a walk down memory lane of how they are grooming kids via toys.

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