Analysis Of Nany Boo Boos By John Leo

In the essay “Nanny boo-boos” by John Leo, the author discusses how in the attempts made to make everyday life safer, it is actually encouraging creeping nannyism which is described by the author as proposing a program that appears limited and reasonable, but then escalates until a demented level of government intrusion is reached. Leo begins his essay by writing about the different types of bullying in the school, mentioning that there are other types aside from just violence and intimidation. The author goes on to explain how the extended criteria for bullying makes most students bullies, to remedy this Leo writes how seating in lunchrooms may have to be rearranged and an anti clique rule be put in place as per a school workbook. In these

The author explains that this is how nannyism expands, Leo even writes that this could progress even further to the point where children could get fined, Canada wants to have fines of $260 for repeated bullying of of anyone under 18 years of age. The author expresses this with a note of disdain, which is apparent in the way he writes about how young children could be fined. Leo writes on about how creeping nannyism could affect more than just schools, a group of campaigners want to ban all devices from vehicles, even hands free ones as they are believed to cause just as much distraction as a regular device. This expands to the point where all radios and devices could be banned from vehicles because drivers can suffer from inattentiveness from any device. Pushing this even further, spouse-related passengers could be banned, as well as dogs and children. The author then writes how a small political party in Australia argues that if mobile phones become illegal then smoking whilst driving should be banned as well because it can be a distraction to fish for cigarettes while driving. An alternative would be a hands free smoking experience, such as a hookah. This is obviously sarcasm from the author, as he writes with a more relaxed