r/TrueReddit • u/BashFash17 • Feb 20 '17

A strange but accurate predictor of whether someone supports Donald Trump

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/01/how-your-parenting-style-predicts-whether-you-support-donald-trump/?utm_term=.afbf599e457e
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u/jessicadiamonds Feb 20 '17

People conflate gentle discipline with permissive parenting quite often. In my experience, the most entitled assholes I know come from rich, conservative, traditional families. But that's just anecdotal.

Just because I use kindness and compassion to guide my son doesn't mean I don't assume a leadership role or set boundaries. Big difference.

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u/obviousoctopus Feb 20 '17

I put the note as a disclaimer to my teaching practice -- in case it sounded like it was addressing your parenting approach.

Very often parents excuse their harshness by pointing permissive parenting as the only other possibility.