Pamela Whissel

The Kingdom of Children

Children & Youth

“The default definition of ‘family values’ in this country has been hijacked by a successful propaganda campaign from the Religious Right, where there is no tolerance for any scenario other than an authoritarian patriarchy raising obedient offspring to worship a wrathful God. This deadly myth that ruins countless lives is mainly upheld by adults who were indoctrinated in childhood. The Kingdom of Children will be invaluable to anyone who believes that childhood should instead be a time when children are empowered to believe that everything necessary to create an alternate spiritual life—one filled with love, compassion, and optimism—already exists within them.”