Reference: "Brain Wave Dairy" (09/22/00)

The kids? - they went that away!

Of late I have been pondering the ramifications of our seemingly forced fed youngsters. I know that time tends to dull the memory, but I am convinced today's child is born into a compressed environment where certainly the body seems to grow and mature at a rate far faster than I remember child growth from my past.

Is this evolutionary or revolutionary?

Perhaps it a bi-product of eating foods laced with growth hormone, passed to the children second hand in the interest of rapid plant and animal growth, (maximizing industry productivity and profit).

One concern I have is to do with corresponding growth of spirit and mind. Do we now have several generations of quickly developed physical bodies with no time to develop corresponding human sentience. Generations with ever diminished conscious! Are we becoming disenfranchised from our children, irrelevant for their learning? They are bombarded with propaganda, information, data and misinformation from every direction. Is the need for parent mentoring, agreement, guidance and validation a thing of the past? How much influence has a parents teaching in this child rearing hothouse? Who is molding the children's minds and for what purpose? Is this all just happenstance?

What is the price of unregulated "progress"? Should someone, somewhere be concerned? Wink!

In gentler times a young persons mind and soul nourished at a rate of natural wonder. Curious, the child would seek answers at the natural pace of life. Now it seems they are provided "answers" regardless of development need and pace. Force-fed minds? Does this forced approach inhibit natural wonder? Is this a barrier to young mind self realization, natural curiosity and wonder? As you can see I have far more questions than answers - so far!

Thoughts anyone?

"Whatever you pursue gains credibility... even undeserving things."