Trying to come back to you later, Pol. My deepest sorrow. On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 1:27 PM, pol.science kid <[email protected]>wrote:
> That sounds very busy rigs...... good time ahead......... but i guess ill > be wallowing about other things for a while... my most loved pet just died > this morning.... trying to reconcile..... > > > On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 7:57 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I've got some "hot" insights, as well! :-) I was a parent for 45 years >> and came to the "profession" as a complete dolt. I will think about >> this today, kid (here's thinking of you...), but am busy with outdoor >> chores before winter arrives. My youngest son's friend is helping out- >> though I am paying him. Yesterday he gave me his old 16' ladder which >> was like a bouquet of roses- shows you where my needs and wants are at >> the moment- I only had a 5' step ladder after getting rid of a 36' >> wooden monster that took two burly men to lift. My neighbor always >> lent us one of his but this will be handy. Also my two sons and >> daughter are all flying in for Thansgiving which may seem far off but >> am trying to clear the list of "to do's" so we can just relax and have >> fun. Also one grand-daughter "won" the short straw for the trip. >> Anyway- I do have some thoughts on your thoughts and they do come up >> in conversations with my adult children esp. as they observe their own >> children. >> >> On Oct 4, 8:29 am, "pol.science kid" <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hey there everyone, the other day i was sitting around and thinking >> > about my grown upness, the fact that having passed childhood proven >> > that i can sit and reminisce about it... i have a question about the >> > categorisations.. are they purely biological?... but that was beside >> > the point... what i was thinking was... i was sometimes very mean and >> > selfish whe younger... and since i can take an objective view now... >> > the little 'me'disgusts me sometimes... i am speaking in terms of >> > 'morality'... now considering 'morality' in the adult world is much >> > debated... then its even harder to define it for children.. my >> > question is ... how is morality for children different ... if a child >> > does something mean... we dont pay much attention to it... we just let >> > it off.. saying you know so and so is a kid.... well thats what makes >> > it harder for me to understand... a child... acting selfish... is i >> > suppose forgivable.. he or she hasnt been conditioned to 'hide' their >> > selfishness... but doing harm ... or causing pain to the other.. that >> > should be taken seroiusly...if they enjoy kiiling an insect.. enjoy >> > torturing an animal...it really baffles me when some children do >> > that ..and they do indeed ... if a child is not 'conditioned' how will >> > she or he grow up to be...we cant realy tell cause we will never be >> > able to provide that kind of vaccum... there arguments that say the >> > whole morality thing is just a survival thing.. like the social >> > contract or whatever.... Why do we say children are innocent.. by >> > innocent do we mean they dont have a 'social curtain' thing... its all >> > out in the open whatever there is... Different communities have >> > different attitudes towards children right... i often think of the >> > children on the street... they learn survival really quick... what >> > would their 'morals' be.. what do you think?... and also Parents... >> > what if the parents that raise a particular child.. are well >> > 'depraved' according to standards... is it necessary that the child >> > will pick up that... or he/she might pick up the complete oppositite >> > values... without there being much socialisation... is it >> > possible?....i kinda jumbled it... but its all out... tell me what you >> > think.. anything at all... like Rigs quite often has some cool >> > insights about parent children realtionships... >> > > > > -- > EverComing >
