[Cicero]

I think our children grow up too fast these days, and have done so since the sexual revolution came into force. The paradoxical thing about it is that if they grow up too fast in the wrong way, they may never fully grow up in the right way. They become chic and sophisticated but not really mature.

Witness all the 50 or 60 year old adolescents like Bill Clinton that crowd our news and entertainment. Seemingly they will never grow up.

[Concentrate]

Thanks for that post.

[Old Professer]

The village effect?

[killjoy]

I think our children grow up too fast these days

My grandmother got married at 13.

[Gava]

Ah yes...at this rate 4 year girls will be 5 feet tall on average, well past their periods, and interested in cell phones and high heels (good god what fiendish inventions).

It may be hardpressed to say that the actual "growth" in the mind (being that the subject here is books) can ever be growth in the wrong way. It would seem that a tree only grows incorrectly when its growth is obstructed or its auxin is deterred. In much the same way is the mind, which can only obstruct itself. Our attraction to mindless folly and meaningless entertainment can deter us from our true virtues. However, every new branch is strong and many branches are needed to gather the light, even the small, bent ones. If we never stop learning, we will never have to rely on faulty learning. We can choose to unlearn if necessary.