I know that all of us experienced the nagging and beating from our guardians; brutal experience that we are all going to remember as we grow up and there is no doubt that these are lessons that we are all going to pass on to our children. Not all of them are good, so we filter the ones that we want and remove the things that we wouldn’t want to pass on to them. But did our guardians filter the lessons they gave us?
Did they think that the lessons, teachings, beatings and nagging they gave us will work? Whatever the case is, it worked did it? Or as the forerunners of the next generation, we have something better in store for our children? As times goes by, everything definitely improves and has their share on change but let us also focus on what we have today.
Our adults today were equipped with their own set of knowledge that they have acquired from the day they set foot on this earth which as they say the catch phrase "been there, done that" and that their experience is unparalleled. This attitude alone gives them the right to brag, nag and lecture you until all hell turns into mayhem. This is what we have created today. As I have read on "Mama's Boy Presidents” by Stanford Erickson", Since John F. Kennedy, seven of the last nine presidents of the United States have been Mama’s Boys. Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush can be characterized as Daddy’s Boys. Lyndon B. Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Richard M. Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama, all experienced a unique relationship with their mother that some psychologists refer to as Mama’s Boys. During times of crisis, many of our greatest presidents have been balanced Mama’s Boys and balanced Daddy’s Boys. Does it end here? I guess not. If we list down successful people that has good relationship with their parents, it may take more than 500 words, more than needed to finish this article. Some of these people may have been there by chance that they have good relationship with their parents, but not actually the big factor of their success.
Not all they say is right! Not all their practice is the best and they do not always set the best example. There are a number of times that despite how and what they tell us, at the back of our heads we know something better and we end up not following what we were told. It is not that they are wrong; we just know something’s better than experience or rather not everything can be covered by experience. We are living in the information age and anyone who knows how to use a computer can get the information that he or she needs in only a few keystrokes. Some people are really intelligent. They can look at a situation, come up with original creative solutions to problems, and cope with new and unexpected challenges. Does everyone agree that arranged marriages work? Or by getting a woman accidentally pregnant, your parents automatically obligate you to be married. Parents that believes in the traditional healing practices is similar to relying in Quackery or the promotion of unproven or fraudulent medical practices. Random House Dictionary describes a "quack" as a "fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill" or "a person who pretends, professionally or publicly, to have skill, knowledge, or qualifications he or she does not possess; a charlatan". Let us accept the fact that even at this time we have our elders who still believes in this process regardless of their stature in life. Why? Because it worked for them once not knowing the potential danger they face and the alarming number of victims that are still increasing.
“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”― Mark Twain
-Howard
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