No. Authority is not always kind, wise and benevolent. Often it is capricious, self-serving, repressive, and murderous.
Teaching kids that challenging authority is possible, ethical and often necessary for justice seems of utmost importance.
I have a post going up today (September 23rd) on the Pragmatic Mom blog.
I wrote it weeks ago. After the murder of Philando Castile by a police officer but before the latest killing of Terence Crutcher. The structural racism embedded in our law enforcement system is firmly on my mind today. http://www.pragmaticmom.com/2016/09/b...
Teaching kids that challenging authority is possible, ethical and often necessary for justice seems of utmost importance.
I have a post going up today (September 23rd) on the Pragmatic Mom blog.
I wrote it weeks ago. After the murder of Philando Castile by a police officer but before the latest killing of Terence Crutcher. The structural racism embedded in our law enforcement system is firmly on my mind today. http://www.pragmaticmom.com/2016/09/b...
