Rev Left Radio Solidarity With Children: Love, Autonomy, Parenting, and Innocence
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Jan 12, 2026 Madeline Lane-McKinley, a revolutionary feminist author and activist, shares insights from her book on redefining childhood and parenting. She discusses how childhood is socially constructed, emphasizing children's autonomy and individuality. The conversation explores the dangers of authoritarian parenting styles and the societal implications of innocence, particularly for marginalized children. Madeline advocates for radical parenting approaches that embrace collective care and interdependence, challenging listeners to rethink traditional narratives around children and power.
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Include Children In Organizing
- Include children in political and organizing spaces rather than relegating them to a corner with crayons.
- Build child-care collectives and everyday practices that let children be present comrades in struggle.
A World Structurally Against Children
- Madeline Lane McKinley argues we live in a world structurally hostile to children, where political and economic systems endanger them.
- The rhetoric of innocence is weaponized to include some children and render others killable, revealing racial and classed hierarchies.
Denied Innocence: Tamir Rice Example
- She recounts Tamir Rice and other cases to show black children are routinely denied innocence and protection.
- These examples connect historical racial violence to contemporary media and state practices.
