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February 4, 2006
Jamison's Stupid Question of the Day
Jamison thinks you can love a child TOO much. Do you think this is possible?
Jamison's supposition is that she lives in a nice house, has plenty of food the eat, not exposed to violence or commercial suggestion, we adore her and shower her with hugs and kisses...basically she lives in a world that devoid of pain and suffering. In short she has a very angst free existence. A pretty great life if you ask me. But is a child that wants for nothing in a world full of consumerism could be a problem. What kind of culture shock will she suffer when she realizes her cohorts have been marketed to since birth?
I think you can tell from my tone what I think the answer is, but feel free to chime in.
Posted by Daffodil at February 4, 2006 9:01 AM
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Keep her isolated as long as possible from commericials, train her to observe people, use her own mind to think, allow her to make decisions, have responsibility for her sucesses and consequences for her mistakes and she will make the connection to fake and unnecessary on her own.
Posted by: mums at February 4, 2006 12:37 PM
Well, the angst-free existance worked for Siddharta Gautama...
Posted by: reno at February 4, 2006 9:49 PM