Education and upbringing is important; it is incredibly important. I was thinking of my own childhood; there are no innocents, there are only children untutored in the more esoteric and possibly vicious adult occupations.
Consider the phenomenon of children soldiers we have seen in Africa: give a child a gun and teach them to use it, and they will be perfectly good killing machines. Their innocence does not compel them to lay down their weapons. And they return from war just as messed up as their adult counterparts.
There are no "How To" manuals written for children 6 years old for a number of behaviors to which, in our society and world, they are unfortunately exposed and pushed into participation in. Most of our efforts are window-dressing: we focus on the Image of perversity or violence, but not the Fact of it.
The whole village - including the boys on Wall Street and the politicians who are going to cut heat subsidies for the poor - have got to realize that it does not work if half of the village tries to raise the child, while the other half - the wealthier half! - is trying to impede the same child.
A Village divided against itself will not stand!
--
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment