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Old Jun 19, 2011, 03:04 PM
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I just wanted to add a statement about your quote today Byz. I have always felt that if we really devoted time to raising our young properly taking the time to find the talent and capability of each child we would greatly benifit. If we could establish our societies differently where people were all able to function in a condition where they were able to meet thier needs in a overall safe, productive respectful manner, we would face less of of the right, wrong, good and evil issues that plague us in societies everywhere.

Though we would still have to contend with the fact to err is human and there will be some types of possible disabilites due to certain genetic disorders. We could become more educated to respect these disorders as well so those who are experiencing them could also learn to live and be accepted within society there would also be more harmony.

But it has to come from the beginning and support of that beginning by society. It should include the family unit and the ability to allow that family unit to function in a way that would respect each young brain to develope within a safe, productive, and supportive atmosphere. I truely believe that if this was done with all respect given to all the support a young developing brain needs to learn how to adjust to society and function on what that brains ability has to offer, society would see a tremendous change.

Human brains thrive on structure and a true sense of security within that structure.
If that were to take place instead of only allowing some to have structure and a sense of security, than there would be less to address in the areas we call right, wrong, good, bad and even the much debated word evil.

I am not talking about having one decide religion, housing, culture, and limits of allowing each brain to perform whatever capacity it is capable of. I am talking about
determining what the true necessities of the process of providing the correct conditions for a human brain to grow and learn without having to deal with being ignored, living in poor conditions and being raised by those who are not educated in how to really understand the true needs for a young brain to grow and develope to the fullest capacity.

And what that means is providing the necessities of SAFETY, RESPECT, ATTENTION,
LOVE, TEACHING RESPECT, TEACHING VALUES, NOT ALLOWING A BRAIN TO BE EXPOSED TO BULLIEING AND EXPOSED TO ADDRESSING ISSUES THAT A YOUNG BRAIN CANNOT UNDERSTAND. We have to find a way to teach empathy by showing empathy and supporting all the true needs for a young mind to grow and learn and function within a society and also have that society be very mindful of the value of each new brain/child's needs to become a part of that society without experiencing abuse, neglect and a constant fear of inadequacy.

When I talk about trickle down, yes it does trickle down to what is acceptable and responsible behavior presented to the various comunites and societies world wide.
We would have to eliminate greed. Do we really need huge mansions? We do have to learn how to become commited to a relationship that includes bearing offspring.
We have to learn how to coexist and have less tolerance for straying away from the responsibilities of having children and continuing to display behaviors that children do not understand. What people do in their private lives is important if it involves children, whoever they are. When people commit to bearing a child, they must be held to that commitment. Right now children are just an entity that has to survive through a cultural mess of a true lack of commitment from those to set an example of how to respect commitment and the responsibilties of displaying what that means to children.

We have only just begun to enact this by finally having laws against child abuse.
But we have a long way to go, and we are gaining as we have a better understanding of how the brain developes and grows and what it needs. We can do it. We can't just keep being lazy, we have to do it as a society, much like our primate cousins. We should be able to do it better, but we neglect our young.

Open Eyes