Learning How Not To Be A Snowflake
Anyone here ever care for a safe space to shelter their tender feelings? Such as when Trump won? This article will help explain why so many lib young people displayed conniption fits and even tears.
From the article~
Resilience, a crucial emotional attribute for a happy and successful life, is in decline across college campuses and workplaces.
The head of counseling at one major university recently observed "a decrease in the ability of many young people to manage the everyday bumps in the road of life." In a memo, which was shared by Psychology Today, he wrote, "The lack of resilience is . . . thwarting the emotional and personal development of students." :
Hm, having copied the above and previously read the article, me dino suddenly wonders if this silly safe space nonsense demanded by students at some colleges is derived from living in a bubble at home. Or maybe in a bigger bubble like in all of San Francisco.
Me dino selected Philosophy as the category if for folks having an, ah~insufficiency in that department?
From the article~
Resilience, a crucial emotional attribute for a happy and successful life, is in decline across college campuses and workplaces.
The head of counseling at one major university recently observed "a decrease in the ability of many young people to manage the everyday bumps in the road of life." In a memo, which was shared by Psychology Today, he wrote, "The lack of resilience is . . . thwarting the emotional and personal development of students." :
Hm, having copied the above and previously read the article, me dino suddenly wonders if this silly safe space nonsense demanded by students at some colleges is derived from living in a bubble at home. Or maybe in a bigger bubble like in all of San Francisco.
Me dino selected Philosophy as the category if for folks having an, ah~insufficiency in that department?
- attributed to Plato
"Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing. "
- John Stuart Mill
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle."
- Edmund Burke
It made me think of a mental version of the Eloi in H. G. Wells' "Time Machine". They will be devoured at the appropriate time. Hmmm, maybe the siren that calls them in will resemble a type of minaret. Just thinkin' out loud.
"We also spent most of our free time with our kids."
Ditto here.......what parenting is all about.
During the 80s a supervisor at a shift briefing described Corrections as "a cutthroat business" and everyone in the room knew he wasn't just talking about dealing with inmates.
So what inspiring for me dino movie line did Clint Eastwood say during the 70s before I joined the DOJ during 1982?
"Every man has got to know his limitations."
Also~
"When in doubt, look out" is a helpful something me dino made up all by myself one fine day at that prison.
"Sgt. Esco has put a bullseye target on your back" was another. A happy day was when he transferred to another prison after me dino putting up with him for three years.
My dad would hit me with a belt and one time when I was about age 7 he kept hitting me until I admitted to something I did not do. I don't even remember what I was accused of. I just wanted him to stop hitting me with that belt.
Anyway, I wouldn't use a belt on my kids. I just gave them a few slaps on the butt and that was rare.
Long story shot, me stepson asked me to be the best man at his wedding, saying I had taught him a lot. (This was after I was divorced and my ex had divorced yet another father figure).
Me dino was stunned. At least when he was nervously pacing before his wedding, I was right there with him to tell him I had gone through the same ordeal.
The "lectures" became discussions as they matured and has continued
("Dad, I need to discuss something with you.") over 50 years (they are now
in their 50s&60s). All four have done well with their lives with reason as their base.
(They each read AS to better understand those "whys and wherefores".)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txq8F...
...........all four always chose spanking. (As they matured,
they chose lecture, as in "whys and wherefores".)
spank/slap my brother to my satisfaction. If I had children, I believe I would use corporal punishment when necessary, and I don't think the law, as a practical matter, could do much about it.
as I ought to be.
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