Parents Should Take Other Parents Seriously

When parents take their own children seriously, they will be more likely to take other parents and their children seriously.

Jordan Meadows
6 min readMay 7, 2024
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Parents wield special privileges and rights unparalleled in society.

When displeased by another person’s actions, they have the right to seize possessions, holding these items hostage until specific conditions or concessions are met.

In instances where someone falls short of a parent’s standards, the parent maintains the prerogative to confine them to a designated space for arbitrary durations. Parents even possess the right to inflict physical harm upon individuals expressing objectionable statements.

Parents can exercise authoritative control over various aspects of another person’s entire life, including but not limited to the other person’s diet, clothing, activities, sleep schedule, social interactions, and even their publicly stated beliefs and values.

As many have presumably realized by now, I am referring to children — but what if it wasn’t their children! Wouldn’t that be cruel? And imagine if parents did these things to other parents! Which authority would have the highest right over the others?

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Jordan Meadows

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