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Gunnar_Zarncke comments on Soft Paternalism in Parenting - Less Wrong Discussion

32 Post author: Gunnar_Zarncke 04 January 2014 03:52PM

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Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 06 January 2014 03:44:04PM *  0 points [-]

Pleased to hear, but could you explain why/how?

This is unusually upvoted for a discussion post with so few comments.

Comment author: blacktrance 06 January 2014 03:47:44PM 6 points [-]

Just by the etymology of "paternalism" being applied to its original source - parents acting like parents.