Posted: Apr 19, 2018 9:09 pm
He was a popular education philosopher about a hundred years ago. He developed what became known a "progressive education". Something for another discussion forum. He was probably responding to America as he saw it then, but apparently he thought separating the children of immigrants from their parents could have been productive overall. Not that he ever suggested actually doing so. He probably represented a very "elitist" attitude for his time. But the concept of taking kids away from their parents for educational reasons has been around a while. I have said several times on this thread that I believe this is a bad idea and should not be practiced. I have been on the internet looking to find those who do feel this way. Many Christians view atheists as having elitist arrogant attitudes toward them and resent the perceived attitude as much as the atheism itself. Some are trying to find ways to protect themselves from Child Protective Services. They feel that CPS might think that teaching Christian ideology is a form of child abuse and act accordingly.
Thank you all for the discussion. I had no idea it would last this long.