Common Ground, Universality, Harmony--whatever you want to call it--they are all words used to describe the same thing. I am choosing to use the word, Balance, in hopes that there's a smaller chance that someone will take offense to what is about to be said.
Now, WITH that being said:
There must be a balance between the way in which children should be raised, and the ways that they actually are. A common ground. When suggestions are made by qualified professionals in their specified fields regarding mental health and the well-being of children, their advice should at least be considered if not heeded. There needs to be an understanding that no one is attempting to take away any parent's right to raise their own children the way that they see fit--within reason, of course--but the long-term effect that certain parents teaching methods will have on the child and possibly the communal environment as a whole, needs to be heavily taken into account.
Children should not be subjected to a toxic home life in general, however, especially not during their formative or developmental periods. They should not be forced to rely on abusive or drug addicted parents for their needs and support. They should not need to be told that having parents that love them conditionally is not normal or is not what they deserve, because none of these things should be happening in the first place. If you are knowingly bringing a child into this world and deciding to keep it, then you need to make the same efforts to give them the lives that they deserve that is not tainted by your own misfortunes.
Essentially, a lot more thought needs to be put in to the ways that we wish to bring up our children. Depending on one's values, this balance between the two factors previously mentioned will look different than another persons, and may take longer to achieve. The positive outcome, though, is what will remain the same, as those factors should not be limitations to the first step in bettering our society.
Now, WITH that being said:
There must be a balance between the way in which children should be raised, and the ways that they actually are. A common ground. When suggestions are made by qualified professionals in their specified fields regarding mental health and the well-being of children, their advice should at least be considered if not heeded. There needs to be an understanding that no one is attempting to take away any parent's right to raise their own children the way that they see fit--within reason, of course--but the long-term effect that certain parents teaching methods will have on the child and possibly the communal environment as a whole, needs to be heavily taken into account.
Children should not be subjected to a toxic home life in general, however, especially not during their formative or developmental periods. They should not be forced to rely on abusive or drug addicted parents for their needs and support. They should not need to be told that having parents that love them conditionally is not normal or is not what they deserve, because none of these things should be happening in the first place. If you are knowingly bringing a child into this world and deciding to keep it, then you need to make the same efforts to give them the lives that they deserve that is not tainted by your own misfortunes.
Essentially, a lot more thought needs to be put in to the ways that we wish to bring up our children. Depending on one's values, this balance between the two factors previously mentioned will look different than another persons, and may take longer to achieve. The positive outcome, though, is what will remain the same, as those factors should not be limitations to the first step in bettering our society.
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