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Interesting take on why adult children think it's ok to cut off parents
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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar *" data-source="post: 653887" data-attributes="member: 17461"><p>Dr. Lee Salk was about enhancing self esteem in our children.</p><p></p><p>But you know, I wonder what our children would have been like had our neighborhood schools remained our neighborhood schools, and had drugs not taken their tolls on all of us. The same generations we complain so bitterly about are taking a good, hard look at racism and at every other aspect of what freedom means from the generous perspective of the other guy, of the one discriminated against.</p><p></p><p><em>This has never happened before in history.</em></p><p></p><p>We have so many people our own children's ages who work to bring water to African deserts or who created and work for and fund Doctors Without Borders and similar kinds of things. It isn't just us, it is the world they want to see changed.</p><p></p><p>And they believe they can do it.</p><p></p><p>One of the things difficult child daughter was doing at fourteen when she was running away was teaching the horrible rotten awful boyfriend...to read. He had been diagnosed dyslexic.</p><p></p><p>Turns out he was misdiagnosed.</p><p></p><p>At fourteen, she was doing that sort of thing.</p><p></p><p>When she fell again this time, she described the streets with compassion and a sense of outrage, and I believe she will bring that to some positive fruition before her life comes to its end.</p><p></p><p>Our son sees the world in that same way ~ with that very certain belief that what everyone things is just the way things are is wrong, and that he can effect positive change.</p><p></p><p>Think of Lucy's son, and of what he believes. Where did that come from.</p><p></p><p>Both kids go sucking the bottom of the barrel when they are addicted, but when they are not, they are quite amazing <em>as I think most adults of that generation that we raised on Dr. Spock, and on Dr. Lee Salk, are.</em></p><p></p><p>In my secret heart, I think the problems, the societal inequities and accepted cruelties ~ I think all those things will be addressed now at some future time because so many members of this generation wound up addicted or living like that for some other reason. Seeing true things, things that are really ugly and wrong. And, rather than finding some excuse ~ which mankind has done from time immemorial to explain disease or poverty or royalty or immense wealth ~ I think our kids or theirs might just change that whole mindset.</p><p></p><p>And now, you all know why my mother describes me as romantic, right?</p><p></p><p>F you, mom.</p><p></p><p>:O)</p><p></p><p>Cedar</p><p></p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/2012/mcsmiley1.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":mcsmiley1:" title="mcsmiley1 :mcsmiley1:" data-shortname=":mcsmiley1:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar *, post: 653887, member: 17461"] Dr. Lee Salk was about enhancing self esteem in our children. But you know, I wonder what our children would have been like had our neighborhood schools remained our neighborhood schools, and had drugs not taken their tolls on all of us. The same generations we complain so bitterly about are taking a good, hard look at racism and at every other aspect of what freedom means from the generous perspective of the other guy, of the one discriminated against. [I]This has never happened before in history.[/I] We have so many people our own children's ages who work to bring water to African deserts or who created and work for and fund Doctors Without Borders and similar kinds of things. It isn't just us, it is the world they want to see changed. And they believe they can do it. One of the things difficult child daughter was doing at fourteen when she was running away was teaching the horrible rotten awful boyfriend...to read. He had been diagnosed dyslexic. Turns out he was misdiagnosed. At fourteen, she was doing that sort of thing. When she fell again this time, she described the streets with compassion and a sense of outrage, and I believe she will bring that to some positive fruition before her life comes to its end. Our son sees the world in that same way ~ with that very certain belief that what everyone things is just the way things are is wrong, and that he can effect positive change. Think of Lucy's son, and of what he believes. Where did that come from. Both kids go sucking the bottom of the barrel when they are addicted, but when they are not, they are quite amazing [I]as I think most adults of that generation that we raised on Dr. Spock, and on Dr. Lee Salk, are.[/I] In my secret heart, I think the problems, the societal inequities and accepted cruelties ~ I think all those things will be addressed now at some future time because so many members of this generation wound up addicted or living like that for some other reason. Seeing true things, things that are really ugly and wrong. And, rather than finding some excuse ~ which mankind has done from time immemorial to explain disease or poverty or royalty or immense wealth ~ I think our kids or theirs might just change that whole mindset. And now, you all know why my mother describes me as romantic, right? F you, mom. :O) Cedar :mcsmiley1: [/QUOTE]
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