Is dhw Safe??? (Introduction)

by David Turell , Monday, August 22, 2011, 18:51 (4821 days ago) @ dhw


> DAVID: Your educational system is not enough. Parents have to have proper social values to instill in their children. 
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> Children become parents. Improvements won't come overnight! Evolutionary changes take place over generations, and it will also take time for educational changes to make a mark.-As I view it, the world's morals went downhill since the 1960's. That is not many generations of the filth buildup; reversal could be just as quick.-
> And do you really think ALL parents are capable of monitoring ALL the activities, friendships, influences (e.g. at school) of ALL kids? -It would be much better if they tried. The 'whatever' attitude where kids run the parents, as now, is causing the problems. Parents must be parents, not just friends with their kids. -Have you never encountered children from what you considered to be perfectly respectable families who have gone off the rails despite their upbringing?-Of course I have. They are usually overly respectful and very spoiled.-> Did your own parents know absolutely everything you got up to before you were 21?-Actually I was a very good kid. Now at my age I wish I had had some misadventures.-
> Are you hoping for more faith schools, to encourage insularity and intolerance? -Actually in my early schools there was an hour time-out for kids to go to their churches for religious teaching. The rest of us had study hall. It can't be in public schools.-> For Matt: There are some schools over here that have banned competitive sports, which to my mind is crazy. You can have competition without immorality, and you need it if children are to better themselves. -Absolutely.-> Religion often puts fear of God and adherence to dogma before love of one's fellow creatures, and I can see no merit in that.-Some religions, and generally rejected by folks who can think. The author, Karen Armstrong, a former nun is a great example.