So I share with you (especially parents) a pertinent BBC article which suggests, perhaps rightly, that we should spend more time with our children rather than just buying them material goods (mostly purchased through guilt of not being with them enough to begin with).
I agree, because not only does it teach the children the wrong values about who they are (they will end up treating the goods as being more important than themselves), it can also inadvertently produce a bunch of spoilt, materialistic brats who will probably end up respecting designer labels more than the parents.
However, one cannot blame the parents entirely for this sad state of affairs. We need to look, as a whole, at the society in which we live. I think in most households, parents would love nothing more than to spend quality time with their kids, as I’m sure they know it would produce a more positive and healthy effect on both the child’s general well-being, and growth of both mind and spirit.
Stefan Molyneux returns with more wise and practical advice for raising conscious, intelligent and peaceful children – he especially encourages us to speak truth always which provides the child the basis to learn and grow with freedom, as opposed to bullying them into believing untruths which will only produce the opposite but negative effect. “Hear, hear!”
As Manly P. Hall once wisely said,
“The child is not damaged by facts. The child is damaged by delusions.”
Now watch the following video ‘The Philosophy of Childhood’:
Are kids taught lies just for them to fit into the system?
In writing this post, the Pink Floyd song “Another Brick in the Wall” comes to mind when listening to the lyrics and analysing the meaning behind them in regards what we are taught in school.
Let’s now take a look at some of these lyrics shall we?
We don’t need no education
We don’t need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone!
All in all it’s just another brick in the wall.
All in all you’re just another brick in the wall.
“Wrong, Do it again!”
“If you don’t eat yer meat, you can’t have any pudding. How can you
have any pudding if you don’t eat yer meat?”
“You! Yes, you behind the bike sheds, stand still laddy!”
~ “Another Brick in the Wall” from the 1979 album “The Wall”
The lyrics above should encourage us all to ask the following questions:
Do teachers, and the Educational System in particular, actually teach us any truth, especially in regards history and the so-called facts of life?
Why don’t they have the integrity to teach us truth, critical thinking skills and the art of living wisely, rather than irrelevant information that only serves to dumb us down?
Is there indeed a hidden conspiracy perpetrated by those in power to use the educational system as a tool of propaganda, so to serve their eventual goal of total mind-control over the masses? Read more…
This is a continuation of the “A Philosopher As Parent” and the last in the series. The first post in the series can be found here.
Learn About Yourself whilst Adapting to Parental Life
I don’t think I’m wrong in saying that bringing up children is not an easy task and is perhaps the greatest challenge anyone can take on in life. Anyone looking to start a family will find that out soon enough -believe me!
For me personally, I am finding out the hard way (due to my ignorance of not being a parent before) that I must learn (quickly) to adapt to every given situation in regard my relationship with my 18 month old boy. I have to also admit there are times when many apparent difficulties arise when he seemingly changes his behaviour and attitude from one day to the next. Read more…
To those would be parents, here is some wonderful advice on parenting from Stefan Molyneux, as he applies philosophy and some wisdom to help him with bringing up his seven month old daughter.
I am of the same philosophical mindset to parenting as Stefan, and as I have said in the past, the wisdom I am learning from just observing my little boy has proved so far to be of valuable assistance toward my own personal growth.
Please now watch and learn from Stefan as he may give you some wise pointers on making the difficulties of parenthood a little easier, as demonstrated by the following quote from his video A Philosopher As Parent, Read more…
