SELFISHNESS
(Posted 2009-02-02 15:37:25 by ArchPaladin)

This piece of news [ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7861762.stm ]
[bbc.co.uk] is both interesting and perhaps a non-story.  The article
references a study showing that parents who engage in overly selfish
behavior - the high-strung, get-ahead, entitlement-driven, ambitious kind,
rather than merely the immature kind - will tend to damage their kids
because their decisions cut into their ability to be good parents.

I find this interesting because it's public recognition of a very basic
parenting issue.  But at the same time, it's a non-story.  Who wouldn't
think that this is true?  If you don't spend time with your kids, or spend
time in the parenting process, then of course your kids are going to grow
up with misplaced priorities.

Why is it that we need scientific studies to reaffirm everything that we've
learned from thousands of years of experimentation?  Are we that
distrustful of our spiritual and cultural leanings?

/unrelated
Odd. [ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7864733.stm ] [bbc.co.uk] 
Somebody playing a childish prank?


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