Today's fishwrap: "Raising your child Gluten Free"*. Right. Just put your kid to yet more stress by telling it there are even more things it must be free of.
Let's see here:
- Gun free
- Bully-free
- Guilt-free
- Violence-free
- Class-free
- Nationality-free
- Petroleum-free
- Phosphate-free (I just added some TSP to my laundry detergent for a dirty, greasy load, heh!)
- Fat-free
- Smoke-free
- Alcohol-free (but NOT Hemp-free)
- Sugar-free
- Gluten-free
- Error-free
- Religion-free
Oh! Did I forget one? I sure did: "Experience-free".
Yep, your kid has about 15 years to grow up. What he or she learns in that 15 years has to carry him or her for the next 60, at least.
Do we REALLY do our kids any favors by selectively reducing their exposure to things they are sure to be exposed to in later life? So that their exposure to these things has an even chance of being a disaster?
The generations which built this Nation did so experiencing LIFE from an early age. The generations that are working to KILL this Nation have denied themselves LIFE.
It doesn't get any more stark than that, people.
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*Oregonian newspaper of 03-13-13. The fishwrap is cheaping out and doesn't link any articles until after lunch these days. I work to a slightly more ambitious daily schedule, so no linkage for YOU.
Do we REALLY do our kids any favors by selectively reducing their exposure to things they are sure to be exposed to in later life? So that their exposure to these things has an even chance of being a disaster?
Posted by: cheap nike nfl jerseys | March 13, 2013 at 21:30
Great post... and spot on! I'd love to give you an "A", but in the class of life, everyone's a winner and there aren't any grades. Thanks for a fresh breath of reality. Hope you and the gudwife are well! You're in my prayers.
Posted by: Patriot Padre | March 13, 2013 at 18:36