Which One Is The Parent?

That's a question the Progeny raises every time he sees some child screaming "I want, I want..." and getting the object of their desire. A perfect case in point that reminded me of that line of his when I read the following story regarding the 10th Annual Bay Area Anarchist Bookfair from the San Francisco Chronicle.

Ponder that whole idea. Who organized it? Did they accept credit cards? What would they have done if they had caught a shoplifter? Anyway, here's the pertinent part that relates to the Progeny's quote:

"Resistance to authority," said Mike Travers, who was there with his 5-year-old son, Sam. He came, he said, to check out the state of anarchist theory.

"I thought of myself as an anarchist 20 years ago," said Travers, 47. "Anarchism is great as an attitude. I lost faith that you could run the world according to anarchists' principles."

He sighed: "It's hard being an anarchist parent," he said, "because as a parent you have to be the authority figure."

Sounds like someone has issues with becoming responsible for their actions at age 47. Is there such a thing a a 529 Plan for future mental health needs? The kid may be needing it after dealing with a moonbat "parent" like that.