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The Mythology We Teach Our Kids
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The Mythology We Teach Our Kids

How we've changed our children

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Ben Domenech
Dec 19, 2023
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Theodore Dalrymple in City Journal:

When I meet old acquaintances, we talk first about our aches and pains; second, we observe the lamentable state of the world; and last, but not least, we descant on our own good fortune not to be young these days, for to be young is far harder than it was in our time. As children of the middle class, we grew up in some…

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