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March 30, 2009 Newsletter
Child-Rearing: A Root Cause for a Lot of What Ails US. PLus: Just Say No (to the CIA)
I think it goes without saying that while THEY are the first and foremost root cause of what ails various aspects of our society (regardless of what country you are from), we need to take responsibility for our part in this degredation. Being only human we will make mistakes and will believe those who ought not to be believed, and will do that which we ought not to do. This applies even to those who have "gotten out of the system." Much of the wrong-headed stuff we believe and do stems from our upbringing. I don't have "the solution" to this because I am as guilty as anyone else is, in not being "the perfect" parent. In fact, when I realized I was pregnant I vowed NOT to make the same mistakes my mother made with me, and, sure enough, I did make some of the same mistakes! So, my purpose here is not to chastise parents, but show why the following attributes to proper child-rearing just might make your children/grandchildren able to resist whatever evil comes down the road. So, here goes.
One, Do NOT Reward Bad Behavior. A child is crying, htting the parent or sibling, running up and down the aisles and generally creating a ruckus... and the parent gives the child candy! That is, the parent is rewarding an unruly child for bad behavior, which means the child will continue to act that way--to get the candy or other (what psychologists call) "positive reinforcement" (that is, rewarded). There are all kinds of reasons why parents do this sort of thing. Maybe they were "reinforced" this way when they were kids! The point here is to teach children responsibility for their actions, and this can be done by PUNISHING, not rewarding, bad behavior. In punishing this bad behavior, you emphatically tell your child that there is no way they will get anything they want until they stop the behavior and keep it that way, until they get home, or some such. And further, you punish instantaneously, not waiting until the child has forgotten about the incident. That way, perhaps when your child grows up he or she will take responsibility for their actions and know they will be called to account. However, seeing as how government rewards bad banking behavior by giving their CEOs bailouts instead of jail... it is no wonder many parents are unable to see this wisdom of proper child-rearing!
Two, Home School (if you can). Not only must you get involved with what your child is learning, you should also have some clue as to who your child is hanging out with, the music they listen to, etc. True, the public schools are supposed to teach English and its language skills (spelling, composition, grammar, literature, etc.), mathematics (up to at least Algebra 2/Geometry), History/Geography/Economics/Government-Civics, Science (up to at least Chemistry), and a "second language" like Spanish (which is usually promptly forgotten once the child is out in the real world, because few teach the second language the way it ought to be taught...and that includes my own feeble attempt to teach Spanish!), with a few "electives" thrown in. Some public schools do this, some don't. But it is "the other stuff", often based on an agenda, that your child learns that ought to get you riled up. Remember "Values Clarification"? Remember "Whole Language"? Remember "New Math"? Remember that the main thing about Washington, Jefferson, etc., was that they were slave owners? Remember you can't mention the Bible and God, but you can mention the Koran and "Gaia"? (What I am saying is not to mock Islam but to point out the hypocrisy of how public school deal with religion). You get the idea. So that, since THEY are going to push through whatever agenda THEY wan to to "dumb down" your child, you can either try to get the school to do what's right, or you can home school them or have your home schooling neighbor so it for a fee. It is UP TO YOU to take responsibility for your child...NOT THE GOVERNMENT!
Three, Reward Good Behavior. If you punish bad behavior but do not reward good behavior, do you really think your child will want to act in good behavior? That is, using the example above, "time out" the child for bad behavior, but give the candy (or, perhaps, something a bit more nutritious) for good behavior only! But perhaps parents forget that this must be done (along with number 1) when they see our soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines not only NOT getting rewarded for faithfully serving their country, but get shunted into the streets because they cannot get help for the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (which causes exasperated families to give up on them, so they wind up in the streets), or get crappy medical care in a place like Walter Reed Hospital. (This does not suggest that I like the idea of these soldiers going to war for the oligarchs in the first place!)
Four, Provide Replacement Activities for Unsound Ones. The child is bored, so he watches TV all day. That is how children become passive consumers of unsound ideas and behaviors, because nothing pacifies like television! Wouldn't it be better to put out some effort and have your child actually DO stuff? Such as go outside and play, if not with friends (my two kids had very few opportunities to play with friends up here in the mountains), then with siblings. Play sports, even if it is just catch the ball? Get their toy cars and trucks (one of my son's favorite things to do) and make roads in the dirt and towns and cities? Shoot BBs. Fish down at the "fishing hole." Or swim there. Hike in the woods. Play board games. Read to them, or have them set aside reading time. It is up to you to decide how much TV they watch, or computer or video game console games they play. but you don't want your kids to grow up passive consumers of BS propaganda such that "the TV said so."
Five, Legislate Morality Inside the Home Only. One of the reasons maybe that so many people get all worked up on issues like gay marriage and other "values voter" issues--when the bigger issue is freedom vs. slavery--is because their parents, not realizing what they were doing, harped on dress code, haircuts, "acceptable" clothes, "acceptable" beliefs and other self-righteous non-issues. As if "long hair" makes one unable to learn, and as if wearing pants makes a girl "promiscuous"! Such that, when they grow up they become "Carrie Nation"-types going ape over whether to allow alcohol to be sold in their precenct. (Believe it or not, most of the nearby town of Fort Davis and most of Jeff Davis County is "dry"...in this day and age! Naturally, that doesn't stop folks from drinking booze). But trying to legislate morality outside the home can be a two-edged sword. While it will keep your town from becoming a haven for drunks, it might have the unintended consequence of teenagers drinking clandestinely, because, as everyone knows, if it's forbidden it must be pleasurable! Besides which, these laws are only for the "little people." I think it is a truism that the super rich are just as morally reprehensible, if not moreso, than the "great unwashed" underclass types. You know, "do as I say not as I do." It takes a village, if not some nanny-stater telling us what to do or not to do.
Six, Teach the Constitution, Liberty, and How to Shoot and Fish (and Sew, and Cook, etc.). Regardless of whether you home school or not, teach your child what is in the Constitution, because then they will know what the law is, and, (in terms of Romans 13), what the "authority" is that God has sent us. Too many Christians mistake precisely what "authority" God gave us, thinking it is some tin-pot dictatorial president (regardless of party) and the "we have to protect our phony-baloney jobs, gentlemen" Congress (give those guys a "HARUMPH!), when in fact our authority is the US Constitution, the "Supreme Law of the Land." And isn't it strange that, now that the Democrats are in power, suddenly we don't have to "obey" the government anymore? What are these preachers thinking? Also, teach them the survival skills they won't learn in public schools, such as hunting, fishing, gardening, sewing, and cooking? Believe ti or not, my husband wishes that he could sew! There is NO REASON WHY boys can't be taught how to sew! And there is even less reaosn why girls can't be taught how to hunt and fish! And, oh yeah, the "dressing" of the kills, as well. Skinning deer, plucking chickens, etc. That way, you can live the "sustainable" and "green" life that THEY are always harping about!
Seven, Make Peace Not War. I mean in the family, nuclear and especially extended. I can't imagine people not speaking to their children or their parents or their brothers or sisters for many, many years, but almost everyone I know actually exists this way! They are sad about and want to make up, but they can't bring themselves to do it! Besides vexation of the soul, being upset for years at a sibling or parent becomes a distraction when a group of people who should bare the brunt of your anger are let off the hook.
Eight, Love, Love, Love. It doesn't have to be some elaborate ritual of love for your child. Some poeple hate to show their emotions. But a hug for your child doesn't have to be emotional. And if you don't show them love, they might wind up dysfunctional for the rest of their lives. This is how psychopaths are made (they usually are NOT born!). And, if your child needs to depend on someone at some point in life, wouldn't you rather have them depend on you instead of a cold, uncaring, nanny-state government?
Nine, Do Not Let Them Become Lazy. This is harder to do than it looks, because people tend to take the least line of resistance, so that, if your child balks at chores, the least line of resistance is to not make them do their chores! No matter how hard it is to get firm with yoru child, you must learn to insist, and make yourself insist, that the child does his or her chores! It is lazy people who tend to become dependent on the government! Why get a job when it's easier to go on welfare?
Ten, Put God at the Head of the House. Believe it or not, husbands, just as you tell your wife she must "submit" to you as "man of the house" or "head of the house," YOU ARE NOT THE HEAD OF YOUR HOUSE! GOD IS! (Something I have to remind my own husband of now and then!). As it says in the Book of Joshua: "Choose Whom You Will Serve This Day; As For Me and My House, We Will Serve The Lord." And I'm not going to mince words about Whom I consider God. Sorry, Atheists.
Just Say No (to the CIA)
There is discussion all over the Internet about the possibility that the Obama Administration will push to legalize marijuana, or at least "medical" marijuana. I say it is about time! It is not the only cure for glaucoma (like that Peter tosh song says), but it's prbably the most benign one! And it makes sense with a government feverishly trying to come up with revenue: since fewer people are smoking cigarettes now (thanks to the self-rigtheous biddies, above), they are not bringing in the luxury tax on cigarettes like they used to! And since it has been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that "pot" doesn't necessarily lead to "hard" drugs, why not? This should cut down on violence in and from Mexico right off the bat, plus the governments can sell permits for a hefty fee, to grow the stuff. In fact, if Obama is so concerned about violence spilling over from Mexico, enough to want to start banning firearms, then why doesn't he sign an Executive Order calling off the BS "War on Drugs"? To hell with Congress, who is in the pockets of all the lobbies who would suffer if "pot" was legal. Or, the CIA. I don't think I'm being presumptuous to say that without the CIA we would NOT have an illicit drug problem!
Don't just take the words of the following videos, below. I know a former DEA agent (and Vietnam Vet) who has told me several times how the CIA botched their anti-drug (especially coca leaf growing) programs in Latin America just by their CIA interference. About how the CIA, having "confiscated" the DEA's store of cocaine taken from cocaine labs, would then selll the cocaine to drug lords for clandestine armaments! This kind of thing, folks, to refresh your memeories, is what Iran-Contra was all about. (Need I mention that whenever some ignoramous talks about what a "great" President Reagan was, I want to wring his or her neck?!) So then, watch these videos and decide whether you think the "War on Drugs" is still worth it...unless, of course, you think it might be coll for the CIA to turn over to the government all their ill-gotten gains--now THAT might solve the "bailout" crisis! (Just kidding! Besides, don't these banks already launder most of this "funny" money?)
Crack the CIA: How the CIA runs the worlds drug trafficking
CIA, Drugs, and the Economy
CIA torture jet crashed in Mexico with 4 tons of cocaine
US govt. largest illegal drug dealer in world history
Mad Cow Productions: In search of the American Drug Lords
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