A Chip Off the ol' Block

If you had to guess someone's political affiliation but could only know one fact about the person what would you want to know? Their race? Their age? What you should want to know is what were their parent's affiliations. That is the number one indicator of a person's political affiliation.

Trying to be objective I took the following list from another web site and substituted government for children and individual for teen and got the following:

1. The government is clearly in charge.
2. The individual, over time, learns and earns the ability to be more in charge of their self.
3. There is a clear map for continually building trust and responsibility.
4. The government has a way to monitor the progress of the individual.
5. There are clear consequences when the individual demonstrates that he cannot be in charge of their self.
6. There is a map for how to earn back trust and responsibility when it is lost.

We can summarize by saying the government (parent) instills a sense of self worth, individualism, and self sustainability in its people. Parents do this by letting their children learn the consequences of their actions and to take responsibility for those actions, whether the outcome is positive or negative.

What kind of parents would we be if we protected our children by isolating them, not letting them try new things for fear they may fail, or teaching them to be dependent on us hence crippling them for life? Government keeps it's children safe, not from themselves, but from others. Keeping them safe from themselves cripples them, makes them dependent, and strips away the joy of success by providing too much help along the way.

You have the ability to choose the type of government you want for your children; which will it be?