ARE WOMEN ENSLAVED BY MODERN PARENTING? I’d say it’s more that women are enslaved by intra-gender status competition, which is manifested in parenting among many other things.

Meanwhile, amidst all the talk about “clingy” children I’m flashing on a Big Bang Theory reference: Leonard’s psychiatrist-mother, who has a book entitled Needy Baby, Greedy Baby.

Anyway, some related thoughts of mine are here. And as always, I strongly recommend Bryan Caplan’s take.