Many studies show that reading bedtime stories to children is very beneficial. Besides teaching kids to read, bedtime stories help them develop a love for reading and embrace the joys of storytelling and imagination. Experts even say that when it comes to life-long success, the difference between children who get bedtime stories and those who don't is actually greater than the difference between children who attend elite private schools and those who don't. As a result of this information, a sociologist in Great Britain has declared, "In the interest of leveling the playing field, bedtime stories should be restricted."
Wait. What?! Bedtime stories help kids become more successful and productive adults, so because there are some kids who do not have parents who read to them, we therefore should prevent the responsible and caring parents from reading to their kids? In the interest of leveling the playing field?? Unfortunately, this is not an April Fool's joke. Professor Adam Swift identifies himself as a "political philosopher and liberal egalitarian sociologist." (Does he get paid by the number of words in his job title?)
If the goal is to make all children the same -- and apparently the lowest common denominator is the target -- then why don't we just feed them all lead paint? That'll make them dumb. That'll keep them from being too successful in life.
I once heard Peter Kreeft say, "There is no idea so preposterous that someone with a Ph.D. won't endorse it." Who says we don't live in interesting times? Why, we have front row seats to the amazing spectacle of the collapse of Western Civilization. Enjoy the show.
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