The more fragmented, individualistic and competitive a society, the more the common institutions with at least some child-rearing function—the church, the public school, the actual village—decay, the more the responsibility for the life outcome of your child is both radically unsure, and yours alone.
via Stephen Metcalf in Ayelet Waldman’s Bad Mommy and Michael Lewis’ Home Game.
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