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"He not busy being born is busy dying"- Bob Dylan, It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
Being born is a messy thing, the first time and every time. There's always a lot of screaming and crying and bodily fluids. But there are also hoots of laughter and tears of pure pleasure. It doesn't take long to get cleaned up and there are lots of smiles and touching. But we are never too far away from the screaming and the crying and the bodily fluids.
At what point did caution become dominant? When did we surrender our children's lives to tabloid induced fear and the sacred order of risk managers? "The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer richer experience," said Eleanor Roosevelt, who overcame crippling shyness and a love-starved childhood.
At what point did childhood become so driven? Children have a lot to learn. We can fill them up, busy their days, keep them occupied and industrious in all manner of ways. There can be singing and dancing, books, and computers. It can all look good - ...