Tyrannical parenting and democracy

There are many proponents of tyrannical parenting who think that they are d=
oing their country a favour by doing what they do.

They are not. Tyrannical parenting fails to adequately prepare people for l=
iving in a democracy.

When raised in households where one person makes all the decisions, people =
do not learn compromise and negotiation. The only situations in which they =
do is if they=E2=80=99ve seen their parents work through their differences =
like adults. And this happens in households in which the parents are equals=
.

Authoritarian parenting prepares people for authoritarian politics. So that=
 even when afforded the rights and liberties of a democracy, a person raise=
d in authoritarian parenting favours authoritarianism with his vote. We see=
 this with many people in America voting for people such as Reagan and Bush=
 and the people in Iran supporting the Ayatollah. If raised in authoritaria=
nism, people will vote for authoritarians. And the mechanisms of democracy =
will be subverted to support authoritarian politics.

People living in a democracy need to be made prepared for the democracy; an=
d that means they will have to learn compromise and negotiation. These skil=
ls must be instilled since an early age. Which means that the democratic ho=
usehold arrangement, in which the male and the female wield equal power and=
 work with one another like adults, is the correct household model in which=
 to raise people for a democracy. They will see their parents practicing co=
mpromise and negotiation with one another. Which means that they will know =
how to do the same thing with people in their lives and in their political =
activities.

When my ex-wife=E2=80=99s father was telling her that she should listen to =
me as a man, I told him that I didn=E2=80=99t believe anything so stupid. H=
e told me that I was stupid and arrogant. I am a Christian, but I believe t=
hat this particular Christian teaching is wrong. Once again, if one parent =
makes all the decisions, the children never learn compromise and negotiatio=
n. Which means that they are ill prepared for a democracy.

Preparing people for a democracy should start at an early age. Children nee=
d to learn compromise and negotiation. And they will do so, once again, if =
they see their parents do that with one another, instead of growing up in t=
yrannical households in which one person=E2=80=99s word is the law.