Quotes

[October]

This quote was in the paper last week, and I liked it.  I have thought about it a lot since reading it:

"When adults stop being infants, children can be children."  
Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury.

[Portia]

Dear Dr Rowan, he’s quite wonderful. I’m fully in support of everything he said last week about how we raise kids. He was so spot-on, and reasonable and thoughtful. I wanted to write and ask him to stand for the election, because he’d get my vote on that basis alone. Saying that the Govt keeps encouraging parents, especially mothers, to get back to work when they have kids – babies! – and giving them tax-breaks for child-care (the notion of ‘child-care’ is an abomination! ).

Aurghhhhh. I could sound off on this one. We treat kids as commodities. As objects. Our whole society is so damn N!   (*laughing*) just a bit of emotion and childhood stuff coming up here. Laughing at my response doesn’t make it less stupid and cruel than it is though.

[Anonymous]

October,

That is a good one.

Mia

[October]

October,

That is a good one.

Mia

I wanted to comment on it, and say how immature all my family are, and how my siblings and I were never allowed to be children, because my parents had that one covered well and truly.  Then I thought I would let it stand on its own, but perhaps that is too blunt.

Anyway, I like collecting quotes, and I have seen some good ones elsewhere, so it might be worth keeping some of them to hand.  That's all.

[Anonymous]

Hi guys,
Thats the main reason we decided to homeschool our daughter; because society no longer allows kids to be kids. It tries to force them earlier and earlier into what society calls adulthood, when in fact it is an extended adolescence that apparently for most people lasts the rest of their lives.

mudpup

[Stormchild]

Hey october

we're non-Ns in an N world, where everybody is a commodity, and everyone is disposable. it's gotten a lot worse in the last ten years, imo. doesn't justify it, but it does mean that it takes a lot of time and energy and guts to resist it. it's everywhere.

sorry to be so blasted cheerful.    

[October]

It tries to force them earlier and earlier into what society calls adulthood, when in fact it is an extended adolescence that apparently for most people lasts the rest of their lives.

That is a truly sobering thought, Mudpup.  So what we are trying to achieve is adulthood for ourselves, and the path to adulthood for our children?  Makes sense.  

[October]

Hey october

we're non-Ns in an N world, where everybody is a commodity, and everyone is disposable. it's gotten a lot worse in the last ten years, imo. doesn't justify it, but it does mean that it takes a lot of time and energy and guts to resist it. it's everywhere.

I agree that it does seem to be everywhere.  I differ from you in not thinking that it has got worse; I think it is our awareness that has changed and that therefore we see more than we used to.

Now all we have to do is to get everyone else to  do the same.  Hmmm

(((((hugs to cheer you a little)))))))

[Anonymous]

Hi October and all:

"When adults stop being infants, children can be children."

Such an interesting quote, isn't it?  

Ofcourse, adults that behave as infants probably aren't even aware that they are doing that, are they?  So they probably won't stop.

I'm glad the quote doesn't say:  "When adults stop being children...." or I'd be lost.

I think there is a little child that lives in all of us and it is a good thing.  It helped me to be able to play with my kids and to get into "their world" a bit.  They liked it when I liked kid stuff--like play dough and leggo.
I enjoyed myself too (like a big kid!!).  It was good quality time for all of us.

I doubt I'm the only one who lets their "kid" out once in awhile?

But "being infant"...tells me it is total depennnnndance, helplesssssness, cryyyyying to get needs met, neeeeeeeeeeeeeding great amounts of guessssssing to determine thier needs, sleeeeeeeeping through much of life, having evvvvvverything done for them, etc stuff like that that is meant, maybe?

I missed part of my childhood because of that infancy in my parents.  Not in a concrete/material sense but in an emotional way.  So ya....it's a good quote that says a lot to me.

(((((((((October)))))))))  Thanks for posting and getting me to think some.

Hope you are doing well!!

GFN

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[Anonymous]

Hey Thanks for posting that link, Write!

It's cool!

I found some funny ones too (might post some to the anything thread some time).

I love quotes too!

So glad you're here, Write.

GFN