The Alan Kurdi story is a lot more complicated than the picture. His father was a coyote. Transporting people across the water. He overloaded the boat to make more money. He had a life jacket. He didn’t give his son one. And when the boat capsized he abandoned his son to save himself. The boy drowned at sea, not on the shore. The photographer positioned the dead body of the boy strategically for maximum impact. EVERYTHING IS NOW A LIE.
Another very well written article. If things go slack in the field of medicine, you are well versed to become a journalist. Would be interested on your take of those lacking empathy, the sociopath and psychopath who masquerade amongst society.
Great empathy can interfere in parenting. There are times when we must act dispassionately or even insensitively with our children. We want them to act a certain way, not become self focused or narcissistic. The above article is really worth reading.
Enjoyed that, Christopher. Brought to mind this bit of radio comedy by Irish comedian Fiona O'Brien, mother of two teenagers and one pre-teen. She's first up on this show, here: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2181896259881 The bit about dealing with her 17-year-old daughter starts at around 6:20, I think. (For when you need a little comic relief.)
Fiona is a very clever comedienne, but I have to say I have really started to weary of sexual comedy. It trades on taboos I have long since abandoned, but I understand she comes from Ireland, and maybe they have a way to go on that.
My favorite and probably most telling line in my essay is, 'Success in meeting and beating SLAPS produces one of the most rewarding and heartwarming outcomes; respect. The love will come later.'
It is not a parent's job to be a friend/peer. Their job is to mentor their child into becoming a well-rounded and responsible adult who is capable of delivering good quality and selfless partnering to peers and confident parenting skills to the next generation after them.
This means parents must be firm in resolutely managing and marginalizing the infantile narcissism in their children. It needs to be expelled before they grow up.
One of the most egregious failures within what is left of our social infrastructure is a chronic failure to produce adults, which means that increasingly we are seeing children being brought up by, in effect, older peers....that leaves them as desecuritized and unstable egoists who grow old, but never grow up.
The Alan Kurdi story is a lot more complicated than the picture. His father was a coyote. Transporting people across the water. He overloaded the boat to make more money. He had a life jacket. He didn’t give his son one. And when the boat capsized he abandoned his son to save himself. The boy drowned at sea, not on the shore. The photographer positioned the dead body of the boy strategically for maximum impact. EVERYTHING IS NOW A LIE.
Love the Paul Bloom book! I think it should be required reading for every teacher, doctor, social worker, HR person, parent - basically every human.
Another very well written article. If things go slack in the field of medicine, you are well versed to become a journalist. Would be interested on your take of those lacking empathy, the sociopath and psychopath who masquerade amongst society.
Great empathy can interfere in parenting. There are times when we must act dispassionately or even insensitively with our children. We want them to act a certain way, not become self focused or narcissistic. The above article is really worth reading.
https://www.writing.com/main/books/entry_id/866710
Enjoyed that, Christopher. Brought to mind this bit of radio comedy by Irish comedian Fiona O'Brien, mother of two teenagers and one pre-teen. She's first up on this show, here: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2181896259881 The bit about dealing with her 17-year-old daughter starts at around 6:20, I think. (For when you need a little comic relief.)
Fiona is a very clever comedienne, but I have to say I have really started to weary of sexual comedy. It trades on taboos I have long since abandoned, but I understand she comes from Ireland, and maybe they have a way to go on that.
My favorite and probably most telling line in my essay is, 'Success in meeting and beating SLAPS produces one of the most rewarding and heartwarming outcomes; respect. The love will come later.'
It is not a parent's job to be a friend/peer. Their job is to mentor their child into becoming a well-rounded and responsible adult who is capable of delivering good quality and selfless partnering to peers and confident parenting skills to the next generation after them.
This means parents must be firm in resolutely managing and marginalizing the infantile narcissism in their children. It needs to be expelled before they grow up.
One of the most egregious failures within what is left of our social infrastructure is a chronic failure to produce adults, which means that increasingly we are seeing children being brought up by, in effect, older peers....that leaves them as desecuritized and unstable egoists who grow old, but never grow up.