I don't know how I missed this post, pol, and I am very sorry to hear about your beloved pet. Just try to take it easy as the grief can last a long time.
On Oct 5, 6:27 am, "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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
