> I believe it is the responsibility of parents to provide a safe environment for humans to grown, learn who they are, and how the world works, until they can o

> I believe it is the responsibility of parents to provide a safe environment for humans to grown, learn who they are, and how the world works, until they can operate and exist safely without their parents. I agree completely, and empathize with children who don't receive this (having been on the receiving end myself and overcoming it). It is a rare individual relying heavily on chance, who can overcome their own disadvantaged environment and become a mature and productive person after that kind of upbringing. > This concept is not widely held, in my experience interacting with other parents. Many parents themselves are shadows of what they could have been, had they not been indoctrinated with mal-adaptive behaviors early in life; behaviors that they pass on to their children repeating a preventable destructive cycle. Joost Meerloo covers some of this in his books on thought reform (WW2 Nazis/Camp Torture, and Mao). The structured techniques he covers are subtly embedded in most centralized education today. An example, the hot potato of calling students out to answer opinion questions is one example derived from wartime torture techniques. It imposed mental coercion on the student to agree with the teacher, and promotes bullying outside of class for those who receive disapproval.