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5 min readThis Trend Is DISTURBING…
A mother sits in front of her infant and explains that there is a "1% chance you're actually a boy this whole time." A different mother films herself telling her four-year-old about the Cornell 7 rape allegations. Another posts a video of her 11-year-old watching a woman get shot by ICE, then discussing whether the shooting was justified. These videos get millions of views and hundreds of thousands of likes. They are being celebrated as good parenting.
Amala Ekpunobi argues that this is not good parenting at all. It is performance — and it is harming children.
The core pattern: performative parenting disguised as teaching
The videos Ekpunobi examines follow a consistent formula. A parent sets up a camera, sits down with their child — often an infant or toddler — and initiates a conversation about a political news story or identity issue. The child is too young to meaningfully participate. The parent does most of the talking. Then the video is posted online, where strangers applaud the parent for having "hard conversations" and raising a morally aware child.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:29) **Introduction: The Disturbing Trend** - Amala Ekpunobi introduces a trend of leftist parents filming themselves discussing violent or sexual news stories (e.g., Cornell 7 rape allegations, Renee Good shooting) with their young children and posting the videos online to be praised.
- 2 (01:15) **Video One: The Transgender Baby Talk** - Amala plays a clip of a father speaking to his infant daughter about the possibility she might be transgender and the societal rules for girls.
- 3 (02:57) **Video Two: The Cornell 7 Rape Allegations with a 4-Year-Old** - Amala shows a mother talking to her four-year-old daughter about the Cornell 7 gang rape case while doing makeup.
- 4 (05:10) **Video Three: The Cornell 7 Conversation with an 11-Year-Old** - Amala shows a different mother walking her son through a hypothetical scenario based on the Cornell 7 case.
- 5 (07:54) **Video Four: The Pattern of Performative Political Content** - Amala identifies a specific mother who makes this type of content her entire online genre, repeatedly filming her sons having political discussions.
- 6 (10:19) **Video Five: Showing the Renee Good Shooting** - Amala shows the same mother from the previous segment showing her son the video of Renee Good being shot by ICE.
- 7 (11:58) **Video Six: The Younger Brother and Political Talking Points** - Amala shows the same mother with her even younger son, playing a game where he finishes "common conservative phrases."
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Show Notes
There's a disturbing new trend of leftist parents filming themeselves lecturing their children about politics. Let's talk about it.
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