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Originally Posted by Oberon
Or should we just accept a portion of dead or psychologically damaged children as a fact of life? Is a childs life not worth the effort?
Something to think about.  |
Yes it is but we should also think what this tendency toward over-protectionism is doing to the nation and in particular the children that we're trying so hard to shield from all the bad aspects of life. Are we creating a generation that will be unable to stand the psychological damages of adulthood? Someday these people are going to have to stand on their own. Will they or will we have robbed them of their ability to do that?
The Great Depression hardened the generation that fought WW2. I often wonder if they had the upbringing that we're giving our kids today whether they would have had the toughness they needed to win. I have to say I have serious doubts that they could.
Before the vultures jump in I'm not advocating a return to the travails of the Depression, just thinking that we're going too far and making our kids unable to compete with a far less genteel world.