ViewpointsOpinionWho’s Better at Raising Your Child, You or the State?SavePrintAsukanda/ShutterstockMattias Desmet5/17/2023|Updated: 5/22/20230:00X 1CommentaryThe Belgian politician Connor Rousseau and his social-democratic Vooruit party want to require parents to send their children to day care and kindergarten. There are still politicians who think of the children.Share this articleLeave a commentMattias DesmetAuthorMattias Desmet is a professor of psychology at Ghent University and author of “The Psychology of Totalitarianism.” He articulated the theory of mass formation during the COVID-19 pandemic.Author’s Selected ArticlesThe Courage to Admit Mistakes in PublicDec 28, 2023Who Is Better at Raising Your Child, You or the State?May 15, 2023My Book Is Being BurnedFeb 17, 2023The Attempt to Burn Me at the StakeOct 20, 2022Related TopicseducationchildrenindoctrinationparenthoodFamily