Is there anything that can be learned from cases like Buttigeg and Harris where at least one of their parents was ostensibly a proponent of Marx? Have any of you known or had communist parents?
I'm trying to avoid my own kids becoming reactionary and the only thing I know to do to avoid that is show them internal consistency with my own views(valuing consent, consistency, openness, compassion, reason, creativity, and an unbreakable will), educate them on class conflict and historical materialism, and give them opportunities to reinforce the innate kindness within them while also introducing them to various other groups so that they grow up to feel a human connection to anyone regardless of differences in age, gender, nationality, etc.
I'll be closely involved in their school work to help counter imperialist propaganda in their public school education.
I'll be involving them in programs like 4H so they don't become alienated from the means of production and their environment.
I'll be insisting they get part time service industry jobs when they're old enough to help radicalize them against the inhumanities of capitalist exploitation
Additionally, the only communities I can think to raise them as a part of are SRA, and UU. If y'all have any suggestions I would love to hear them.
Just be a good parent who actually spends time parenting and loving your kids. Teach them theory gently but clearly, even just by osmosis - questioning media narratives, saying all people serve x, y, z, pointing out class consciousness.
It's hard to reach generalizations about leftist parents per them generally having leftist kids. For every Buttigieg you could list a Marx. Hard to think of someone more dedicated to the cause and theory than Marx, but he raised a bunch of commies.
Maybe he was like Euclid, who had a zillion kids, who'd sit on his lap while he worked on maths. That is, he was a doting father who loved his kids while also being a prolific math guy. Marx seemed like he spent time with his kids, at least so maybe it is the 'spend time with your kids' thing?