The responsibility of parenting involves caring for another human being and ensuring the child is ready for the challenges of life in a complex world. It requires years of sacrifice, devotion, and hard work that only a parent can appreciate. In the past, most children not only had a mother and a father, but a strong network of relatives, neighbors, and a community with shared values.
Today, we live in a time when smartphones and computers have more influence on our kids than we do. No matter what parents do or say, there are millions of people online offering ideas that conflict with the values we’ve instilled.