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To: epicure who wrote (85615)	8/17/2000 11:53:10 AM
From: Frederick Smart	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Adult Guidance...... >>I am raising my kids because they cannot raise themselves. They had to be taught empathy. They had to be taught NOT to hurt animals AND each other. My daughter's impulse was to bite her baby brother (she was consumed with jealousy). She had to be taught that that was WRONG. Of course nothing is really wrong outside the human context - imo. But in my scheme of things what makes the world more humane is good. And CHILDREN are poor arbiters of what is humane. Whether you believe that or not, it is born out by the evidence. If you choose to ignore evidence and proceed on your own internal theory in the face of what is observed, I would have to say that is evidence of insanity. Which, really, wouldn't surprise me. Take that to your bank. I have a great deal of faith that my children will grow up to be adults I can be proud of. I have very little faith they could do that without adult guidance.>> Guidance, yes. But there's a very fine line that we cross when we get sucked into the easy path of control by "NO." NO creates fear. It cuts our energy off at the source. Try reading "Smart Love." No pun. They've done a nice job outlining it in a way which should make sense. I'm not advocating an overthrow. Just the need for all of us to "get out of the way" - for the benefit of personal growth and the growth and development of others. Maria Montessori and Rudolph Steiner had this down. But their approach still is NOT in anyway mainstream. For these damn kids - "they need control and guidance." Defining kids as "problems" is the line we cross. Away from the giving side of light and love toward the taking/defining/labelling side that soothes our egos. Peace. .