[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.

[jmacusa]

Sigmund Freude once said “Life is a corrupting process the moment a child learns to manipulate one parent against the other’’.

This is certainly true today and if a child's violent , insolent or aggressive behavior isn't changed by at least five years old than their pattern of behavior will more than likely be unchangeable and only get worse. I keep thinking back to that ten year old boy who almost killed his own sister. If his behavior is radically changed in ten years he'll be in jail for murder.