I have been entertained over the last twenty years or so watching moms and dads as they bring up their youngsters. It really should not be entertainment because the results of these new-fangled ways of raising children is frightening. How society will ever survive if we allow young men and women to perpetuate humankind in this modern fashion is not even debatable. It is a fact - a good life will no longer be attainable - people will no longer enjoy life as an exciting, by the seat of your pants adventure. Children have become the toys of this generation of young people. I don't dare call them parents because they don't parent - they play at sex, have children they think they want because everyone else is having babies and it's just so much fun! Yay, let's have a baby shower! Yay, let's have fun comparing babies! Yay, let's pick out the sport in which this wunderkind will excel! Then we can all chase the brilliant brats around and take photos for our social media friends and, if we're lucky, we can cause enough jealousy to ruin old friendships that were honest relationships between kind, affectionate, intelligent, kindred humans. Did you not know that babies and toddlers are mini-me adults? They are to be dressed in the cutest outfits to look like sports stars and sexy mini-sex pistols as they cavort around sports venues and playgrounds.
Okay, I'm getting carried away. I am so concerned that the only reason babies are brought into this world is for the fun people think they'll have dressing them and teaching them cute little nothings to say in company. It is as if they are created to allow the parents to show off their excellent, brilliant ever so handsome, beautiful progeny. Changing toddlers into the cutest outfits is part of the game. I do believe that today's mothers treat their children like the dolls they played with when they themselves were kids and just like their kid selves when they get tired of the game they drop the child/doll wherever they happen to be and walk away. There is no sense of deep commitment; no sense of enjoyment in forming a functioning, intelligent, loving human being who will go out into the world and with faltering but strong steps prepare the way for the next generation. Instead we seem to be on our way to hell with generations that have no intention of looking at this lovely, raw, difficult, laughable world that needs to be studied, understood, doted on and introduced to the young lives in their care. We must all take the time to appreciate the simple inner desire of all people to be loved warmly and heartily and above all else to have their yearning for knowledge of the magnificent world become an intrinsic part of their learning.
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