[jmacusa]

In my hospital's ‘’secure holding unit’’(psych ward) I've seen kids as young as ten who have inflicted serious harm on other children. In one instance there was a ten year old boy who nearly beat his sister to death because ''She wouldn't listen to me''. Thirty years ago when I first worked in hospitals I rarely ever saw a child that young in a mental health unit. Now it seems to be the norm. I once asked a nurse why this was. She said "Because of parents who've never learned to say NO''. I hope God takes me in the next few years, feel I'm half way there anyway. People aren't aware there's a bad moon rising in this nation. The next few years are going to be a nightmare.

[ladyjane]

Years ago in San Francisco airport I was waiting for a plane near the boarding area. A woman with a young child was trying to get on the flight and they were trying to figure out how responsive the child was to directions. They asked the woman, “When you say no to your child, does she understand?”
Her response was “Oh, I never say no to her. That’s wrong.” I heard it with my own ears. The boarding agent looked stunned. I don’t think she got that last two seats in the emergency exit aisle.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

People do not seem to understand that they are creating neurotic children. There are a very few that are born that way and there little to be done but for the most part Hannah Arendt was right.

“Every generation, civilization is invaded by barbarians - we call them 'children'.”

But a number of parents do not want to civilize their little savages. "Oh they are perfect just the way they are." Oh no my friend, they are not.

It used to be you only found this attitude in areas that were poverty stricken with broken families and among the very wealthy. But now it is all over the place.