Perspectives on Parenting - VII

VII.  SYSTEMATIC PRODUCTION OF CORPORATE CHILD DEVELOPMENT:

The pattern that emerges in this system reveals that the parent becomes less and less involved in their child's life, to the point that when they reach 21 years of age, they should be ready to move into their own apartment, make their own decisions about alcohol, tobacco and ammunition.

If a child has special needs, and the parent does not remain involved in their life regardless of the government's mandates, the child just get's pushed around, neglected and eventually left for the community to deal with in the form of a drug addict, gang member or criminal.

Dr. James Dobson, Jr., records in his book, Bringing Up Boys, that a 20-year study beginning  in the 70's revealed that children whose father was absent from the home were more likely to have dropped out of school, become involved with gangs and gone to prison than children whose fathers remained involved with their upbringing.  Dr. Dobson also provided the statistics that the average criminals are men who were pampered by their mothers, with no boundaries, rules or structure to keep them in line.  However, the single mothers who provided their sons with a masculine mentor, be it grandfather or uncle, were more inclined to make something of themselves, than to participate in frivolous activities.    Furthermore, Dr. Dobson reported that suicide is the highest among people whose childhood involved a broken home as the result of generational gaps between siblings, a parental affair or divorce, prison or death of a loved one.