I was doing some research on government raising, or determining how our children were raised when I came across an interesting article.
A child psychologist raised a point that bears some thought. You see, we go to great lengths to ensure our vegetables aren't tainted by pesticides... that they are not genetically modified. We watch to see our meat is free of antibiotics and growth hormones. We abhor caged animals, preferring free range varieties. Caging is wrong and we vote it with our food dollars. Even though we believe "free range" is better for our food, we believe quite the opposite... when it comes to our children.
I cannot say it any better than Professor Tanya Byron so, here is a link to a very interesting article.
Are our children raised in captivity?
We let kids stay indoors so they don't know how to fall, we carry 6 kinds of sanitizer to wipe hands, door handles, shopping carts so kids build no natural immunities. Our kid's social skills are limited to texts and emails so they don't develop the social skills to interact in a group of real people. They play games of fantasy... and they don't know how to catch or clean a fish.
So, you're done reading the article. What are your thoughts?
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