{"id":1430,"date":"2016-10-20T07:26:23","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T13:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/markmeckler\/?p=1430"},"modified":"2016-10-20T07:26:23","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T13:26:23","slug":"the-pennsylvania-government-is-attacking-the-horrible-baby-swaddling-epidemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markmeckler\/2016\/10\/the-pennsylvania-government-is-attacking-the-horrible-baby-swaddling-epidemic\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pennsylvania government is attacking the horrible baby “swaddling epidemic”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\u201cI didn\u2019t start out as a radical,\u201dsaid Abby Schachter, author of the new book No Child Left Alone: Getting the Government Out of Parenting<\/a>\"\". \u201cI just wanted my child swaddled at daycare.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the mother of four children, she knew how to make sure her kids slept. \u00a0But her baby\u2019s caregivers at daycare refused \u2014 apparently, in Pennsylvania, there\u2019s actually a regulation against swaddling.<\/p>\n

Yep. \u00a0The Pennsylvania government is attacking the horrible \u201cswaddling epidemic\u201d \u2014 you know the practice that has been around for thousands of years. \u00a0(You might remember that Jesus was swaddled.)<\/p>\n

Anyway, this\u00a0is a must-see video for fans of self-governance, as\u00a0Schachter explains.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery rule that gets written has a cost. I don\u2019t know if parents [understand] that under the headline \u2018we\u2019re going to keep your children safe\u2019 [or] \u2018we\u2019re going to protect the kids\u2019 that that is really code for \u2018we\u2019re taking your rights away.'\u201d<\/p>\n

Exactly:<\/p>\n