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Nat & Martha Sharpe — The Conflict between Agency & Community (EP.163)

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The Role of Agency in Parenting

I look at agency as a sense of it's on me. I think that we've had a culture over the last, say, 30 or 40 years that has been discouraging agency. It's actually comforting as a parent to think that it's not your fault. By allowing our kids to do these things that are more risky, we are risking the judgment of other parents and even having the cops called on us. But we're willing to take this risk for the sake of our children.

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