The Politicization of Childhood
Commentary
To live in the modern age is to be bombarded with tragedy, conflict, and political strife. Childhood is the only period in which one is free not to concern oneself with the complexities of the world. But, in today’s day and age, childhood is being politicized—and children are worse off for it.
Politics have seeped into the education system nationwide. Activist educators have sown divisive rhetoric into curricula, confusing and dividing children in the process. The rise of critical race theory, for example, is teaching our children that their immutable characteristics are paramount, thus eroding common humanity at its source.