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collapsing. A child who has achieved the status of adulthood
by the standards set by the western social system has been
trained to conform to the parameters set by the system and to
support it. The state will never train anybody to break free of
its confines. The elders can, but generally don’t. They too
have been trained by the state and are prepared to hand all
responsibility for their young over to the authority of the state.
When the child questions state authority they cause concern to
the authority and when they act contrary to the rulings of the
state they are deemed to be out of control. Perhaps if it were
seen that the child has taken control of itself there would be
less concern. The child has not been shown how to use its
boundaries to control itself, and this is because it has not been
initiated properly, nor educated by its elders. Its behaviour
becomes unacceptable and its elders demonise the unfortunate
child for behaving as it only knows how to. If these points we
make are considered in the light of the present generation of
young adults your world will become a better place for them,
and indeed for you to live in. When the young adult looks to
their own future, a future they will have to live in responsibly,
and should they be given the responsibility and opportunity to
decide for themselves, this is when the next stage of their
development begins. If they are not given this power then it is
not their life that is being lived and more than likely is the life
that others want the youngster to live. The problem here is
that these ‘others’ will take no responsibility for the outcome
unless it is deemed successful in their eyes, a success
measured by the degree to which the outcomes fit the dreams
of ‘others’. This might not suit you to hear this, but then we
are only giving this as an hypothesis for your consideration.
Push a boat free of the shore and see where the wind and tide