Monday, August 18, 2008

Your Mummy and Daddy's the One Who Should Show You...

Fuck... someone said it in the most masterclass way.
"In order for a nation, any nation, to grow, you must have a solid foundation. That foundation, even though I REALLY, REALLY HATE to say it, is family." - Amir Hafizi



Why is it that children in families/areas/countries with crisis is more destructive, depressed, such as families in the third world countries, countries that face war, broken families etc?

Cases of drug addiction, smoking among the primary school kids were not cases we heard during our parents time, but it is such a rampant issue now.

The more civilized a country gets, peace is coherent with it, its citizens are more interested to cooperate with the total wellbeing of nature and human.

... but why isn't our country going towards that? Parents are all too busy, children are all too busy. Everyone is on the road, everyone is at the mamak, everyone is at the clubs and cinemas, everyone is busy to plan something to do outside the comfort of their homes.

When it comes to children deciding what they want to become when they grow older, they don't know. When you ask your friends if they love their girlfriends or boyfriends, they don't know. When you ask your friends what do they know about themselves, they don't know or not sure and some need to travel far and wide to find their souls, to know who they really are.

Why are we in so much chaos?

I read this article in a parental book about love among mammals, the fundamental of a strong, stable country is just simple; love.

Research with other mammals has shown that:

The more physical contact the mothers gave to their babies, the less fearful and more courageous their babies grew up to be, and this effect lasted a lifetime.

Baby mammals who experienced lower levels of touch from their mothers showed more fearfulness in adulthood.

The more physically demonstrative the mother, the more mentally healthy the infant in later life. In adulthood they became confident, attentive mothers with calmer infants.

Babies who experienced physical contact also aged better, with fewer degenerative changes in their brain; and they were less anxious when placed in a new environment, and explored more.

They also coped well with stress.

My conclusion: Love will tell you who you are and that will make everything in life and running a 'genuinely' peaceful country so much easier.

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