True, Molly, but look at the parent role in obesity and treating children with behavioral drugs and our culture certainly has sexualized children (though that's not new when you consider child brides and harems/concubines). Childhood used to last a little longer.
On Oct 12, 5:03 am, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > I see the biggest barrier to your suggestion, Neil, is the question of > how to limit access to our kids, who's ability to reason doesn't > really develop until the early twenties. Most addictive behavior > begins before then. As it is, the access for them, although illegal, > isn't hard. Kids in the lowest and highest income families have the > same risk factors. It is thought that is because neither group is > given much attention by their families but for different reasons. > Most of these kids don't find much harmony with life, and the > percentage of addiction is highest. > > On Oct 11, 6:35 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I'd like to see decriminalisation and public availability of most of > > the weaker drugs. I suspect the moral is channeled into looking down > > on vice instead of the actually more obvious evils like poverty. > > > On Oct 10, 7:16 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I learned some more about my parent's generation while watching > > > "Prohibition"- a film by Ken Burns on PBS. A few more pieces to add to > > > the jigsaw. I can see why they tightened the reins, so to speak. Maybe > > > this is a factor between generations- sort of a see-saw- regarding > > > behavior, expectations, mores- but I think it also exisits between > > > classes and other distinctions within society. > > > > What do you think? > > > > Also- what about legalizing marijuana and other soft recreational > > > drugs and taxing them? Might be at least one boost to the ecomony/ > > > revenue. If someone wants to over-do anything, they will, so are we > > > repeating the mistakes of Prohibition? > > > > Why do you think people have emotional "blind spots"? Trauma or > > > ignorance...or both?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
