Chase Hughes (behavior expert & father of a 17-year-old daughter) drops urgent advice for parents—especially about raising daughters who won't blindly follow "authority":
— Camus (@newstart_2024) January 31, 2026
Young girls' brains are hardwired to respond strongly to male authority/tribal-leader status. That wiring… pic.twitter.com/biSBu1kTd2
What people need to do, especially young girls, especially young girls, I have a daughter who is 17, you need to think, "Am I being influenced by authority? Am I seeing authority or a good person?" Because especially for the female brain it's hard wired to respond to . . . male authority, like tribal leader status, and that bypasses a lot of your critical ability. Is this the right thing to do? Should I be doing this, is it healthy? And I would say this to moms and dads everywhere. This starts when they're 4. This starts when they're 3, and they go to the doctor and your behavior around that doctor will dictate how they behave around authority. Will you tell your kid like,
That doctor is your employee. You tell the doctor what to do. You tell the doctor the problems. The doctor works for you.
I'm not telling my kid to be a dick. We're still respectful. We say "Mister," "Misses," "Yes, ma'am," but you're in charge of that doctor. So we start teaching early on to recognize the difference between authority and perceived authority.
