But the state holds to the ideology of the Child Guidance Movement, which, rather than fleeting and precious moments, sees the "Dangerous Age of Childhood". They conclude that, absent wise state intervention, the child may at any moment become "maladjusted". It is this false view of what it is to be a child, indeed what it is to be human, that drives so many of the errors of our age.
Yes it is worrying and so harmful. A few people have pointed out to me that the bureaucrats making these pronouncement are not parents themselves. They will never see the negative impacts of the policies they embed. And there is a deep irony to, because should anything go wrong it's not the gov who will pick up the pieces, it will be the parents. I saw a parent post a letter sent to her 12 year old from the NHS saying that *now* he had the right to his own medical decisions! And would he like to provide his own mobile phone number so they could be in contact without cumbersome parental interference. I think to myself -WHO is paying for that phone. There is no confusion about that curiously enough. It's all so messed up.
But the state holds to the ideology of the Child Guidance Movement, which, rather than fleeting and precious moments, sees the "Dangerous Age of Childhood". They conclude that, absent wise state intervention, the child may at any moment become "maladjusted". It is this false view of what it is to be a child, indeed what it is to be human, that drives so many of the errors of our age.
Yes it is worrying and so harmful. A few people have pointed out to me that the bureaucrats making these pronouncement are not parents themselves. They will never see the negative impacts of the policies they embed. And there is a deep irony to, because should anything go wrong it's not the gov who will pick up the pieces, it will be the parents. I saw a parent post a letter sent to her 12 year old from the NHS saying that *now* he had the right to his own medical decisions! And would he like to provide his own mobile phone number so they could be in contact without cumbersome parental interference. I think to myself -WHO is paying for that phone. There is no confusion about that curiously enough. It's all so messed up.