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mafub · Apr 05, 2010 at 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by salukigirl

So I just saw a commercial for a phone on Verizon that tracks your family 24/7. Am I the only one who thinks this is a little overboard? What ever happened to privacy and trust? Are kids today really THAT horrible that we have to track them at the mall? I'm just a little furious at this insane over-parenting lately? I feel like it just creates a situation for your kids to go way overboard when they finally have some freedom. What do you guys think?

This is thought provoking to me when referring to children.

KAHLIL GIBRAN -

CHILDREN AND A WOMAN WHO HELD A BABE AGAINST HER BOSOM SAID,
"SPEAK TO US OF CHILDREN." AND HE SAID:

"YOUR CHILDREN ARE NOT YOUR CHILDREN.
THEY ARE THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF LIFE'S LONGING FOR ITSELF.
THEY COME THROUGH YOU BUT NOT FROM YOU,
AND THOUGH THEY ARE WITH YOU, YET THEY BELONG NOT TO YOU.

YOU MAY GIVE THEM YOUR LOVE BUT NOT YOUR THOUGHTS.
FOR THEY HAVE THEIR OWN THOUGHTS.
YOU MAY HOUSE THEIR BODIES BUT NOT THEIR SOULS,
FOR THEIR SOULS DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF TOMORROW,
WHICH YOU CANNOT VISIT, NOT EVEN IN YOUR DREAMS.

YOU MAY STRIVE TO BE LIKE THEM, BUT SEEK NOT TO MAKE THEM LIKE YOU.
FOR LIFE GOES NOT BACKWARD NOR TARRIES WITH YESTERDAY.
YOU ARE THE BOWS FROM WHICH YOUR CHILDREN AS LIVING ARROWS ARE SENT FORTH.
THE ARCHER SEES THE MARK UPON THE PATH OF THE INFINITE,
AND HE BENDS YOU WITH HIS MIGHT THAT HIS ARROWS MAY GO SWIFT AND FAR.

LET YOUR BENDING IN THE ARCHER'S HAND BE FOR GLADNESS;
FOR EVEN AS HE LOVES THE ARROW THAT FLIES,
SO HE LOVES ALSO THE BOW THAT IS STABLE."