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I think there are very real dangers of assuming parents know what is right for their children or what their children will go on to value. I know we live in a v
by manxman 3y ago
I think there are very real dangers of assuming parents know what is right for their children or what their children will go on to value.
I know we live in a very weird era where Operant Conditioning (if you don't know what that is look up B.F. Skinner and I strongly recommend reading his semi-fictional work "Walden 2") and behavioural psychology are being applied by parents upon their children to try to shape the world outside of due process and democracy.
It will be interesting to see if future generations value the things that are being done for their supposed sakes or if they look upon the delusions of recent history with revulsion.
- paulryanrogers 3y agoKids don't seem to happy about all the pollution or unsustainable choices that have gotten us here. Of course there are plenty of apathetic and ignorant young people too. I think we should listen to the canaries before we all suffocate.
- xyzelement 3y agoI would say there are kids whose parents etc riddled them with anxiety and that’s who you are talking about. And then there are kids going on with their happy hopefully lives.
- paulryanrogers 3y agoPersonally knowing those I'm talking about, I can say most of their parents were more the isnt-it-nice-here-with-our-heads-in-the-sand types. And who can blame such parents for struggling to accept reality? It must be hard to admit being at least partially responsible for the state of the world they are passing on.