Posted on 11/18/2025 10:48:06 AM PST by Red Badger
Ah, experts.
What would we do without them? Thrive as a nation, probably. Outside of journalism, there is no group of people who have done more to absolutely torch their reputations than the so-called "expert" class. It started before COVID, but the pandemic absolutely exacerbated the problems by elevating people who put their political agenda ahead of facts, logic, and science. The Left called them "experts" and demanded we trust them blindly.
How did that work out for them? Not well. Public mistrust of both the media and experts is at a historic low.
Stories like this won't help, either.
Here's more:
It’s a move that might stink to some parents, but there’s a new-age way to change a newborn’s undies.
Drenched diapers are no longer messes that need to be ripped off a baby’s bottom posthaste, according to new advice by early childhood development researchers in Australia.
Instead, the experts encourage moms and dads to request an infant’s consent — you read that correctly — before changing their diaper.
“At the start of a nappy change, ensure your child knows what is happening,” researchers from Deakin University wrote in a November 2025 guide. “Get down to their level and say, ‘You need a nappy change,’ and then pause so they can take this in.”
But their offbeat directives for cleaning a cutie’s patootie — a task that parents often rush to “just get done,” the researchers said — don’t end there.
“Then you can say, ‘Do you want to walk [or] crawl with me to the [changing] table, or would you like me to carry you?’” said the specialists, seemingly ignoring that newborns can’t yet actually chat up mom or dad one-on-one. “Observe their facial expressions and body language to check if they understand what is happening.”
The experts further noted: “This can be a time to help children learn about consent and how their bodies work.”
Do any of these researchers have children? Because this is not how parenthood works, nor should it work this way. Parents have authority over their children and an obligation to provide for their well-being. Changing a baby's diaper in a timely manner is one of those obligations.
What happens if the child says no to any of these requests? Are parents supposed to let the child sit in his soiled diaper until he decides to change it? Because that's neglect, and no court is going to buy the "my kid didn't consent" argument.
This is little more than anti-family claptrap meant to undermine parental authority and drive a wedge between child and parent.
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Uncultured Purrl @AmericanPurrl "“The validity of this approach lies in its message. You matter. Your body matters. I will always tell you what I am doing,” she said. “This becomes the template for healthy boundaries later in life.”"
Then you either leave them with a horrifying case of diaper rash, or do the diaper change anyway and teach them that you'll always tell them what you're doing but you'll prioritize your own judgment over their desires. Which, tbf, is a good lesson for a child to learn, but pretty sure the "experts" didn't even think of it. 🤦♀️
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This is correct, of course. And no, the "experts" didn't even think of this. Because they're not considering all the outcomes and implications. They have an agenda and are only concerned with what supports that agenda.
Consent has to be a two-way street, and the "experts" didn't think of this, either.
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My mom had eight children and too many of us too close together in years. If she were alive and read this she’d be literally rolling on the floor with laughter.
Physician heal thyself.
Seek mental health consulting or drug rehabilitation.
I was a child in grade school when “experts” switched us to sight reading and New Math. They made learning significantly more difficult. Fortunately, my older sisters listened to me, rolled their eyes and taught me the way they’d been taught. Most of my classmates were not so lucky. In my working life, only engineering experts and a handful of scientists I worked with were worth listening to. The rest of them in health, finance and diet were, at best, winging it.
Aren’t those the same experts who insist the baby be allowed to choose its own “gender”, irrespective of the “sex assigned at birth”?
“experts”....LOL
They rate right up there with “universities” and “professors”....
Useless as teats on a feral boar hog....
You would be surprised at how many ‘health professionals’ are secretly drug addicts...................
Break Expert down into its component parts ... Ex ... a has been ... Spert ... a drip under pressure, and there you have it!
“They rate right up there with “universities” and “professors”....”
And Congressmen, Senators, Used Car Salesmen and Lawyers..................
What do you mean, it didn’t work out for them? It worked out great! They got everything they wanted and then some.
About sums up what I’ve been thinking for some time now!
Don’t get me started. My son-in-law doesn’t give any credence to any child rearing advice we offer. Zero. He would rather look it up on the internet and trust total strangers.
Is he a moron?.................Or just plain stupid?............
Has been and a drip under pressure.
Well, considering that the definition of “expert” in a courtroom is simply someone with more knowledge about the subject in question than the average person, lots of people can be experts.
There was a time when I was considered an expert by government in how to classify documents and e-information in one niche of systems, simply by the time and the breadth of my work in that niche. That, and most of the experienced subject matter true experts had moved on to other projects.
DO NOT BE BULLIED OUT OF YOUR COMMON SENSE BY THE SPECIALIST; TWO TO ONE, HE IS A PEDANT. — OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES SR.
Yeah, how are you supposed to talk any sense to a small baby?
With all these ridiculous techniques here you end up with a mini-god with no respect for authority. A self-centered spoiled brat who runs the household. Who violently melts down when things don’t go their way.
These are the same people who insist we shouldn’t train up our children in God’s ways, because we have to let them choose themselves. Unfortunately many parents have given up their authority over their children to schools, doctors and other institutions. Hillary Clinton “It Takes A Village.” We all see the rotten fruit that is producing.
The “experts” are coming for our children.
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