Book · 1999 · Family & Relationships
Ready Or Not
Why Treating Children as Small Adults Endangers Their Future--and Ours
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Um so one of the people he brings in as a source after this is a Kimowitz. um who is the author of a book called Ready or Not: Why Treating Children as Small Adults Endangers Their Future and Ours.
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Ready Or Not by Kay S. Hymowitz is a sociological book arguing that contemporary culture errs by treating children as miniature adults and prematurely exposing them to complex adult concepts. Robert Evans discussed this work on Behind the Bastards while analyzing and critiquing commentary by Ben Shapiro, who frequently cited Hymowitz as a source. Evans explained that Hymowitz argues that anticulturalists incorrectly believe that childhood sexuality will naturally flourish in a healthy manner if left entirely free of social interference, thereby overestimating the decision-making and choosing power of children. Evans contrasted these conservative arguments with opposing viewpoints regarding youth autonomy and sex education. Throughout the podcast discussions, Evans highlighted how public figures utilize texts like Ready or Not to support specific ideological stances concerning modern developmental psychology, parental oversight, and the societal boundaries placed upon growing minors.
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Robert Evans Um so one of the people he brings in as a source after this is a Kimowitz. um who is the author of a book c… 3
“Um so one of the people he brings in as a source after this is a Kimowitz. um who is the author of a book called Ready or Not: Why Treating Children as Small Adults Endangers Their Future and Ours.”
“Um so yeah, he cites uh shortly after he's talking about Katie. He cites Kay Himoitz's book Ready or Not, what happens when we treat children as small adults. And in that Kay argues that anticulturalists uh are people who believe that childhood sexuality left on its own free of social interference will flourish and grow in healthy ways.”
“K. Heimnowitz, author of Ready or Not, what happens when we treat children as small adults, argues that anticulturalists, people who believe that childhood sexuality, left on its own, free of social interference, will flourish and grow in healthy ways, have overestimated the choosing power of children.”
