Moral Ambiguity and School Choice

By Susan O'Doherty. This article, on whether ethical parenting is even possible in 21st-century New York, appeared in New York Magazine on October 6. When I first read about it, via this smackdown in Jezebel, I dismissed it as just more elitist claptrap, promoting the idea that your child's life will be ruined (i.e., the child won't get into an Ivy League college) if she or he starts off at the "wrong" preschool or falters anywhere along the way. Thus, the article implies,  parents are justified in lying, cheating, and pulling any necessary strings to ensure that disaster doesn't befall their darling. Read more...