Don Feder

In the following viewpoint, Don Feder contends that parents are wrongly blamed when their children become violent. He asserts that liberals contradict themselves by blaming the parents of juvenile mass murderers such as Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris but also by preventing those parents and other parents in similar situations from keeping tabs on their children’s activities or using corporal punishment when necessary. Feder, a syndicated columnist, places the blame for youth violence on popular culture.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. What are the contradictions in liberal child-rearing advice, in Feder’s opinion?
2. According to the author, what did the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Children declare?
3. Why does Carole Collins face two and a half years in prison, according to Feder"

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