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When did adoelscence become a pathology
Anonymous:
[ This Message was edited by: Three Springs Waygookin on 2006-06-12 17:52 ]
Red Flag Touches:
[ This Message was edited by: Three Springs Waygookin on 2006-06-12 17:51 ]
Anonymous:
[ This Message was edited by: Three Springs Waygookin on 2006-06-12 17:51 ]
AtomicAnt:
--- Quote ---On 2006-06-11 18:02:00, Anonymous wrote:
I tend to see these things, not as safety driven, so much as profit driven. The insurance industry wants us to wear helmets and seat belts because accidents, paying claims, cuts into their profits.
Helmets and seat belts have to be produce, which fuels the economy.
The gov't could care less if you die tomorrow because you sustained a head injury while riding your motorcycle without a helmet, or weren't wearing a seat belt. They do care about protecting the insurance company's profits.
We don't get to choose which risks we take or even how we want to die (without consequence),if it costs anyone money or violates the prevailing religious values.
If the government were genuniely concerned about the safety of citizens there are many unhealthy things they would ban.
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Actually, these laws came about because vocal activists pushed them, they are hard to argue against (Who is against safety?), and politicians jumping on the bandwagon gained votes for doing so. Yes, insurance companies profited.
In fact, the legal justification for these infringements on personal freedom came through the rationalization that their hospital bills would increase costs for the rest of us.
AtomicAnt:
--- Quote ---On 2006-06-12 11:41:00, Carmel wrote:
"I see so many other parents my age that have begun to act just like my/their parents did 15 years ago. Hasnt anyone learned anything? Dont they remember what it was like? Dont they remember the things that did and did not work? Apparently not. I REMEMBER all of the things that were unhealthy for my parents to do, I REMEMBER how I made bad choices and felt bad about myself because of their lack of accountability in teaching me about real life and the things in it, instead just sweeping it all under a rug as if it didnt exist. Am I the only person my age who REMEMBERS at all? I try everyday to make sure I form my parenting around the idea that I wont make my parents mistakes. I wont refuse to speak to them about sex or drugs or violence. I will talk to them about making proper choices, not just demanding they make MY choices. I am stunned at the total denial by people of my generation in making a change to fit the times when it comes to raising their kids. Its really sad. It makes me feel like we have a whole new generation to fear for being placed into these programs.
I also agree that the lack of personal confidence in parents has all but vacated the collective conciousness. Mothers who will let their children scream for hours in hunger because the doctor demanded they only feed them on schedule. I could go on and on about the helpless attitude mothers exhibit when it comes to newborns specifically. They abandon all sense in favor of a doctors orders. And when it doesnt work? They just think something esle is wrong with the kid. Never that their pediatrician might be a frickin moron. Its a sorry state of affairs. "
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Exactly, any asshole can write a parenting book just like any asshole can write a diet book. Neither is worth the paper they are printed on. Toss them.
Engage you kids on their level. Play with them on their terms. Listen to them. Hug them. Be excited by their presences. Ninety-nine percent of behavior problems would just disappear if people told the pop-psychologists to fuck off and just got real with their kids. If a kid knows they're loved and valued, they will do okay.
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