Interesting to speculate the make-up of her audience: While a vast majority of the less well-off remained illiterate, many in the middle classes could read more widely than could previous generations, authors like Voltaire and Rousseau and Paine, allowing them to consider whether or not to dip their children into the same kind of faith-infused nonsense that had in all likelihood diminished any joy they themselves might have felt as strangers in a strange land.
A thoughtful statement unleavened by dogma. Keep it up, Catherine! You've got potential!
Interesting to speculate the make-up of her audience: While a vast majority of the less well-off remained illiterate, many in the middle classes could read more widely than could previous generations, authors like Voltaire and Rousseau and Paine, allowing them to consider whether or not to dip their children into the same kind of faith-infused nonsense that had in all likelihood diminished any joy they themselves might have felt as strangers in a strange land.
And that dipping continues today and the results are largely just as fucked. Great insight, Jack.
I dipped my children into faith-infused nonsense, but I'm pleased to say it didn't take.
Brilliant.
My working thesis of parenting was always "listen to them early and they'll listen to you later." It seems to have worked.
Great when it works, huh?
It's never 100%. But it gives one a fighting chance.
Of all the Catherines I thought of before I read the post, her name didn't come up, but this could be an interesting week.