edthecynic
Censored for Cynicism
- Oct 20, 2008
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Kids are not supposed to think on their own......they must be instructed in righteousness and to have respect and empathy for other people and their property. When they become of age and reason, they can choose how to apply that parental wisdom...or reject it. The very reason that some children commit the criminal actions of adults (When such is the case, it is the parents that should be punished, not the child who is unable to reson right from wrong.....they have as their instructors the national media and the unregulated content of the public airways, without adult supervision they have the innocence of childhood stolen as they are taught things that are not comprehensible by a developing mind. It is not the place of the STATE to socially engineer as if constructing a citizen for the collective..... my child should be instructed in the public school system only the basics of education, the 3 Rs....any social instruction should and must come from the home.
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Kids have been developing views counter to their parents since long before our current media structure came into being. They've also been doing bad things for a pretty long time, too, with or without adult supervision.
You can also have a kid who develops into a good person overall despite having political views counter to your own, while conversely having one who is a total lecher(sp?) even though he/she agrees with you politically.
Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parent, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.
- Socrates