Re: Mind's Eye Re: Who can we tell?

Conduct an inquiry? Why just listen to the gossip and you will soon know..  better yet ask Neil he knows,, give him all the funds wasted on inquiries and he can s... :-)  




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From: archytas <nwterry@gmail.com>
To: minds-eye@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sun, 02 Nov 2014 7:04 PM
Subject: Re: Mind's Eye Re: Who can we tell?

Empowerment is also a management word meaning 'we are about to crap on you from a great height and tell you to be thankful for it'.

Some assumptions render all that follows irrational.  The first research I've found on CSE in French, dates from 1858 and states a massive problem.  If we look at the history we should note what initiatives have been tried, worked and failed - and the history is largely one of failure to stop the widespread problem.  Given we can quickly establish the problem from literature review - which is broadly that we won't pay to deal with the problem and so sweep it under the carpet - announcing an inquiry to "find out what the problem is" seems highly irrational.

On Sunday, November 2, 2014 11:51:13 AM UTC, Molly wrote:

There is no doubt that predators look for the people who can be controlled with fear and intimidation.  The root of the English word "empowerment" is power- the ability to do, to accomplish, to perform or enable. The prefix "em" comes from the Latin and Greek, meaning "in" or "within." Empowerment, therefore, can suggest the power within people, the enormous reservoir of creativity, activity and potential contribution that lies within. You can't give, bestow, grant, authorize, delegate or impose empowerment. You create conditions to develop it.

If my next door neighbor turned out to be a pedophile, was making advances toward young children in the neighborhood, and I could not find a means to stop this, I would move. But moving a child to a good neighborhood would not be enough to create the resilience in a child necessary to avert bullies, abusers and the like. You can teach a child life skills, but efficacy includes the ability to act, take initiative, understand the situation.  Self concept and self esteem flourish in an environment that supports them in the early years. Can we teach confidence? Or do we allow it to blossom by how we treat the child as he moves through developmental stages?

In the bigger picture, community organization is key to violence prevention, If the societal laws and how they are applied are not a deterrent to violence, we can, at best, teach our kids to survive it. 

On Saturday, November 1, 2014 9:31:29 PM UTC-4, archytas wrote:

Kids are kids until some fool empowers them by treating them as young adults in order to view them as choosing a prostitute life-style.  One might consider sending kids to school abuse (they face bullying and academic tortures) but so is keeping them at home away from other kids.  My dogs walk on leads where there is traffic.  The cat is smarter with cars and doesn't have a lead, though I once had a cat that insisted on one.  

On Saturday, November 1, 2014 8:41:34 PM UTC, Gabby wrote:

You won't give a damn about "empowering" children from within.

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