Jim Jordan

And it also did provide her with mobility for several years and made a huge difference in her life, a hugely positive difference. It also gave her a kind of indomitable confidence to be able to do something that's dangerous like that and risky, even in the face of bone fragility, let's say. So that was good. There's been a lot of moments, mostly with my kids. I'm pretty damn happy with them.

Almost all the time. And that's been the case throughout their life. So, I mean, we've had our difficulties, most of them health related, you know, and if you have to have difficulties, well, those are sort of necessary in a way, you know what I mean? And maybe we can cope with necessary difficulties in life. I don't know how well we cope with unnecessary difficulties.

Almost all the time. And that's been the case throughout their life. So, I mean, we've had our difficulties, most of them health related, you know, and if you have to have difficulties, well, those are sort of necessary in a way, you know what I mean? And maybe we can cope with necessary difficulties in life. I don't know how well we cope with unnecessary difficulties.

Oh, yeah, yeah. Well, it does. It really does. Life has enough instability, let's say, and uncertainty without adding uncertainty You're the additional overlay of unnecessary suffering and stupidity. Unnecessary suffering is really hard on people, you know. And so I suppose because there's an element of moral culpability to it that isn't there with with an illness. That's a rough division.

Oh, yeah, yeah. Well, it does. It really does. Life has enough instability, let's say, and uncertainty without adding uncertainty You're the additional overlay of unnecessary suffering and stupidity. Unnecessary suffering is really hard on people, you know. And so I suppose because there's an element of moral culpability to it that isn't there with with an illness. That's a rough division.

And I mean, one of the things that I'm trying to help parents be confident in is their moral right to parent, their moral right to run the household in a manner that... brings peace and abundance. There are obligation to do that. We're afraid of our children in the Western world. And that's partly a reflection of an overweening maternal love, I suppose.

And I mean, one of the things that I'm trying to help parents be confident in is their moral right to parent, their moral right to run the household in a manner that... brings peace and abundance. There are obligation to do that. We're afraid of our children in the Western world. And that's partly a reflection of an overweening maternal love, I suppose.

But we're afraid that we'll damage our children by parenting them. But, you know, you damage your children by not parenting them as well. And the parenting that you should be doing is the establishment of a relationship. And if the relationship is solid, you don't allow and certainly don't encourage your children to do anything that is counter to their best interest, especially socially.

But we're afraid that we'll damage our children by parenting them. But, you know, you damage your children by not parenting them as well. And the parenting that you should be doing is the establishment of a relationship. And if the relationship is solid, you don't allow and certainly don't encourage your children to do anything that is counter to their best interest, especially socially.

So I'm trying to fortify parents to understand that they can do that and it is their responsibility and not something harmful.

So I'm trying to fortify parents to understand that they can do that and it is their responsibility and not something harmful.

reluctance fear of of heavy-handed uh parenting or really um embracing the parenting role well i would say it's got it's got its roots in a philosophical doctrine and that would be the doctrine of jean-jacques rousseau that the natural state of man is noble savage that we're all good and that all culture does is corrupt us which is an insane doctrine we're rife with possibility for good and evil.

reluctance fear of of heavy-handed uh parenting or really um embracing the parenting role well i would say it's got it's got its roots in a philosophical doctrine and that would be the doctrine of jean-jacques rousseau that the natural state of man is noble savage that we're all good and that all culture does is corrupt us which is an insane doctrine we're rife with possibility for good and evil.

That's our essential nature. And proper cultural intermediation, which is at least in part the role of a parent, fortifies the good and puts what could otherwise be pathological and even malevolent in its proper place. So if you have an aggressive child, for example, and you socialize that child properly, which can be a

That's our essential nature. And proper cultural intermediation, which is at least in part the role of a parent, fortifies the good and puts what could otherwise be pathological and even malevolent in its proper place. So if you have an aggressive child, for example, and you socialize that child properly, which can be a

because an aggressive child, especially one that's extroverted, will push the boundaries hard. If you can socialize them effectively, they can become extremely sophisticated competitors. And that's a pretty high level of achievement.

because an aggressive child, especially one that's extroverted, will push the boundaries hard. If you can socialize them effectively, they can become extremely sophisticated competitors. And that's a pretty high level of achievement.

So there's the philosophical element, which is a child is perfect and good until they're warped by culture, which is completely one-sided, insane, progressive, naive argument. And then I think the other thing that likely happened was that after World War II, We became wealthy enough in the Western world so that our children and teenagers had disposable income.

So there's the philosophical element, which is a child is perfect and good until they're warped by culture, which is completely one-sided, insane, progressive, naive argument. And then I think the other thing that likely happened was that after World War II, We became wealthy enough in the Western world so that our children and teenagers had disposable income.

And then they were heavily targeted by corporations, which have a right to market, but heavily targeted by corporations. And their narcissism, their self-centered narcissism was enormous. encouraged and exaggerated. And that's kind of where the permissive consumerist culture of the 1960s emerged.