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Tag Archives: Parenting
Human Extinction Now Imminent and Inevitable? A Report on the State of Planet Earth
By Robert J. Burrowes There is a significant body of evidence that human extinction is now imminent; that is, it will occur within the next few years and possibly this year: 2020. There is also a significant body of evidence … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, Authoritarianism, censorship, civil liberties, conditioning, consciousness, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, education, elites, Empire, Energy, Environment, freedom of speech, Geoengineering, Geopolitics, GMOs, Health, imperialism, Inequality, internet freedom, Militarization, military spending, news, Oligarchy, Philosophy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Psychology, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology, war, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged 5G, Afghanistan, bioengineering, Climate Change, corporate media, Economics, Education, environment, fascism, Fossil Fuels, free speech, General Qassem Soleimani, geoengineering, Global Elite, Human Extinction, Iran, iraq, military spending, NATO, Nuclear Power, Parenting, Philosophy, pollution, psychology, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slavery, Socialization, Sociology, Tax Havens, vaccinations, Violence, war, Yemen
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Ending Violence, Exploitation, Ecological Destruction and War: Creating a Culture of Peace
By Robert J. Burrowes The date 11 November is well known and commemorated in many parts of the world because it marks the Armistice ending World War I – ‘the Great War’ – in 1918. In the evocative words used … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, culture, education, Environment, Philosophy, police state, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, war
Tagged cultural violence, culture, Direct violence, Ecological violence, Education, Exploitation, Institutional violence, invisible violence, Johan Galtung, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Parenting, Peace, Philosophy, police state, psychological violence, psychology, society, Sociology, Structural Violence, war
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GIVE AMERICA’S ‘HELICOPTER PARENTS’ A BREAK
Hovering parents don’t need lectures. They need a more equal nation. By Sam Pizzigati Source: OtherWords A good many of us aging baby boomers are having trouble relating to the “helicopter parents” of our modern age — those moms and pops … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Economics, education, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged culture, economic inequality, Economics, Families, financial crisis, Income Disparity, Parenting, Social Stratification, society, Wealth Concentration, Wealth Gap
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Truth or Delusion?
By Robert J. Burrowes One inevitable outcome of the phenomenal violence we all suffer as children is that most of us live in a state of delusion throughout our lives. This makes it extraordinarily difficult for accurate information, including vital … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, conditioning, consciousness, culture, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Control, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged activism, Childhood, Childhood Development, culture, Delusions, Non-Violence, Parenting, Peace, Philosophy, psychology, society, Truth, Violence
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Why Do Some Men Rape?
By Robert J. Burrowes A recent report from Equality Now titled ‘The World’s Shame: The Global Rape Epidemic‘ offered a series of recommendations for strengthened laws to deter and punish sexual violence against women and girls. However, there is substantial … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, culture, Health, Philosophy, Psychology, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged Behavioral Psychology, Children, Communication, fear, Legal System, Non-Violence, Parenting, Powerlessness, psychology, Punishment, Rape, Self-hatred, Selfhood, Violence
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How Do You Prepare a Child for Life in the American Police State?
By John W. Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “Fear isn’t so difficult to understand. After all, weren’t we all frightened as children? Nothing has changed since Little Red Riding Hood faced the big bad wolf. What frightens us today is … Continue reading
Posted in civil liberties, conditioning, Corruption, culture, Militarization, police state, Psy-ops, Psychology, Social Control, society, State Crime
Tagged Children, civil liberties, Freedom, Lockdowns, Mass Shooters, Parenting, police, Police Militarization, Prisons, schools, SWAT Teams, Zero Tolerance
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