"It's not that parents weren't raising their children this way before. They were, but since the 40's the wealth of scientific best practices have been largely ignored thanks to Spock's influence."
I stopped reading here.
You could always tell who read Dr. Spock because they were the ones with problem children. And the laughing stock of their community.
Ignore that part; the middle of the article is interesting. Also ignore the very weak conclusion, which appears to be there because he felt there should be a conclusion. I attribute this to the way he was raised. ;)
You don't think Spock is mainstream? Baby and Child Care alone sold over 50 million copies, which makes it one of the top 5 best-selling non-fiction books of all time. And that's not even counting his other three best sellers.
"Harry Potter" has sold over 400 million copies, and yet we don't all think we're wizards. Similarly, Ayn Rand sold over 25 million books, and yet outside of a few Internet-forum enclaves, Objectivism is still very much outside of the mainstream.
Many people buy a book to see what all the fuss is about, not because they personally are interested in making it their personal bible.
Speak for yourself. I didnt believe in that "hogwash magick stuff"... well at first. I have a fiancé who I've been with for quite some time. We both met through our local Catholic church (no reformed church of satan here).
She's kept this little journal which she showed me a little while back. It has a list of dates and notes. The notes are about future events. Some happened years ago when she first wrote them down. Others happened differently because she changed them, and others have not happened yet. She accurately predicted a friend's ex-husband would get cancer (being treated for now), and other things.
Honestly, how many events would it take for you to believe in something like that? Personally, it would take 1 major event. There's been ~15 (major events) of them correct. (There's been about 100 minor predictions correct.)
Some would say that she has precognition. Older words for what gift she has is more accurately a Seer.
I stopped reading here.
You could always tell who read Dr. Spock because they were the ones with problem children. And the laughing stock of their community.
"largely ignored" != "mainstream acceptance"