[This episode originally aired 1.14.17]\n\nIn this broadcast,\xa0John discusses the 1963 essay by Flannery O'Connor, \u201cTotal Effect and the Eighth Grade,\u201d in which she says, in effect, that the whims and preferences of children should always, always be sublimated to the sense and judgment of their elders.\n\nMore about John Rosemond at www.rosemond.com and www.parentguru.com.