Hehe, at first I didn't notice your response in the quote and I was thinking, "What is this person doing?!?!?!"
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Originally posted by Mia,
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE AFFECTED CHILDREN. |
That is what it all boils down to: the child is what is important. But without being fully aware of it I think our society has deeply engrained in us the automatic response to objectify our children. Without even realizing it we relegate our children to the role of "posession" in our households. The state views them as test scores. Corporations view them as profit generators. But they aren't. Children are human beings! As a parent I have always had to remind myself that my kid is not me or an extension of me. My kid is an individual human being who is seperate from me, a unique personality, and who has unique desires and goals. My kid deserves to be treated and respected like a human being just like any other person on this planet. My kid has just as much to offer as anyone else on the planet.
When you look at children in that light you see them less as things that need to be fixed (whether it be by medication or by a smack to the bottom) and more like human beings that need you and that are relying on you to help them with things that they cannot cope with on their own. And you also begin to realize that who you are and what you do shapes them 24-7.
When a child has a problem the first place you should be looking to find the source of and solution to that problem is at yourself.