I know public information films of the 70s and 80s are a standard comedy trope, but

[Monty92]

Right. Parents deliberately stopped doing any actual parenting a long time ago, allowing the government to step into that breach. A mutually beneficial arrangement. Or a Catch-22, depending on your view.

It's funny, my missus was complaining that the self-appointed functionaries who communicate between a school and its parents are always called Class Mums instead of Class Parents, thereby perpetuating gender stereotypes and discouraging women from pursuing more meaningful things such as a career.

The irony of this is of course that the implication is that being a Class Mum is somehow demeaning and not something to value, thereby perpetuating the very stereotypes they claim to be railing against.

Of course, their response to this will be that women who claim to enjoy playing stereotypical roles are simply suffering from false consciousness

[redgunamo]

It's funny, my missus was complaining that the self-appointed functionaries who communicate between a school and its parents are always called Class Mums instead of Class Parents, thereby perpetuating gender stereotypes and discouraging women from pursuing more meaningful things such as a career.

The irony of this is of course that the implication is that being a Class Mum is somehow demeaning and not something to value, thereby perpetuating the very stereotypes they claim to be railing against.

Of course, their response to this will be that women who claim to enjoy playing stereotypical roles are simply suffering from false consciousness

Well, the whole scam is designed to allow women, mothers, off the hook, isn't it. Regarding raising children, I mean. Anything which allows them to feel less guilty about that is fair enough, so far as they are concerned.

Which is why I never get involved; I'm a father, not a parent.