In a message dated 10/1/2001 4:23:09 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:It is not a child's place to question before obedience. If a car is rushing at a child
and I yell at him to get out of the street, and he has beenHe MUST be willing to obey instantly
trained to ask why, the question will kill him.
and completely.
He shouldn't have been in the street in the first place - why didn't you teach him that? And why would you stand there and just yell at your child to move - wouldn't you go after him?
This response is a complete red herring. Whether or not I taught him to stay out of
the street is not the issue. Neither is the question of whether I would go after
him. Of course I would. But this response attacks the questioner and does not
address the issue at hand...
And he must trust that he will get an answer if he
asks. But to immediately say the adult erred is a grave disrespect of his position as an adult.
Adults can't make mistakes? Why does being an adult make him any better than a child?
Certainly they can and do. But you are not seriously equating a child's status
with an adult status are you? Parenthood or guardianship of children was never
meant to be a democracy. We teach, guide, instruct, mentor, care for and love
kids from an elevated status. Please note that I have never said an adult is
better than a child. I simply say that they are not and should not be an equal
to an adult. Equality allows them an undeserved right to question your authority.
Michael
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