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Jan 30, 2023Liked by Erik Carlson

My oldest was 13 when obummer was in office. With that being said he saw first hand the consequences of his policies. I lost my business and all my holdings and had to go back and work a union job to try and keep what was left. All my kids saw it then. I was hard on them to see and understand, no money for college. They saw hard work will get you ahead but you have to make decisions, and I taught them the lesson that ALL decisions have consequences. I was called an asshole for teaching them these important life lessons through out their teens anyway. But now they are grateful for the TOUGH LOVE they were shown...They ALL stand on their own 2 feet and are somewhat smart and savvy. THEY know they have to learn from THEIR mistakes and decisions and even choices! People have to OWN IT! No one wants to take ownership...It's a life lesson that isn't taught anymore....OWN IT and move on!!

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Jan 30, 2023Liked by Erik Carlson

As a special Ed teacher for 30 years working with blue collar parents and hard working parental examples to make ends meet I have to say many times their children were neglected because no one was home watching out for them and sharing the seemingly insignificant moments that bind families because everyone was working.

I live in an affluent area and as a parent with child in school with those people I found the parents were themselves not involved or completely hovering over their child blaming others when their child might need the push back from teachers or peers and not be “rescued” by mom or dad. Mostly because they wanted complete control over everything regardless of what is moral or good examples. Many parents had “other” secret lives going on and cared about their own needs above their family .

In both cases children suffered but in different ways.

Raising children in the cultural world connected by a false reality called the social media of the really disconnected reality of the internet leads all into the black pit of despair and believing that a child’s picking their own sexual identity is really a wonderful thing😢

The entire family unit everywhere is almost beyond hope because basic family life is ridiculed and not considered important anymore. Having two moms or two dads is an example of child abuse sanctified by the country.

Moms should stay home and be the guiding force behind their family. Dads should set example of showing their kids the importance of responsibility and sacrifice.

But women and men are misguided thanks to the media false messages and lack of religion or God in their lives.

It’s the connection to a power greater than yourself and understanding what is important to make a child know they are special and on earth because they are here to help the world in a good way that no one else on the planet can do.

That lived reality leads only to kindness charity and forgiveness and self respect .

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Jan 30, 2023Liked by Erik Carlson

Great piece!!

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Jan 30, 2023Liked by Erik Carlson

Great insight!

However, WHY do you suppose they

ALL apparently look freakish?

Self-hatred?

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My husband and I were discussing this just the other day! We both were wondering WHERE did ANTIFA come from? How did these self-absorbed, maturationally retarded adults come about?

We looked back to the generation that survived the hardships and sacrifices of the Great Depression and WWII. The "Greatest Generation" gave birth to the Baby Boomers, who were deprived of nothing materially, and had to make no real sacrifices. Until Vietnam, of course.

Those "spoiled" Boomers became the Yuppies of the 1980s, raising spoiled children (GenX), with no worries and no responsibilities.

The GenXers are the parents of the Millennials. Those kids were NOT allowed to fail, and mommy and daddy hovered over them as "helicopter parents". There was no winning or "losing"; everybody got a trophy.

The Millennials, and their younger cohorts, are the ones who make up such groups as ANTIFA.

Correct me if I'm wrong. I don't "blame" anyone, as this is an intergenerational problem.

How did strong resilient people become the ancestors to weak and fragile young people?

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Jan 30, 2023Liked by Erik Carlson

Parenting is intersting.

The father of Bill Ayers was CEO of Commnwealth Edison, which in its new incarnation is owned by the criminal organization, Excelon, known for its crimes working with one of the most sinister, twisted weirdos in Illinois politics, and longest grifting State House Speaker in the country, one Michael Madigan a short, Chicago punk puke drunk on power, grift, and money, now retired due to federal indictments.

One of my brothers once confronted punk puke Mike, at the height of his power, when he saw him walking by himself on LaSalle St. My brother called him a despicable, phony POS who had never done a positive thing for society but was just a power hungry weirdo. Mike was so unwound having lived a life of useless bureaucrats, and corporate criminals with money like those at Excelon kissing his ass that he stood stunned. Confronting politicians to let them know they're scum is a good idea. I told Danny Solis, whose sister worked for that nasty sow Hillary, he was a useless, phony, scumbag POS. I ripped into him so much he was stuttering on the phone. I had also been a contributor, and supporter of his so he would actually do positive things for my community. Only ripping him a new one worked.

I once ran into Ayers sitting outside at a Starbucks, you know where all the Marxist terrorist wannabes who grew up rich go for coffee, and considered ripping him a new one as a phony POS who grew up with white privilege but he and his fellow terrorist, Bernadean Dorn, a Northwestern University professor, as Ayers was a University of Illinois at Chicago professor, had both been dragged through the mud in the Chicago Tribune so I took a pass. Both were likely brought on faculty to brainwash the mush minds that show up at universities having been raised by people their parents wouldn't have over for dinner.

These people come from the dregs of society, and are raised by horrible parents.

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Jan 30, 2023Liked by Erik Carlson

Excellent article. But self hatred can only be solved through the love of Jesus filling your heart. Even when parents fail, He is able.

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Jan 30, 2023Liked by Erik Carlson

"Climate change is supposed to affect the poor the most,

so why does it seem that these people seem to care about it least?"

~

The Epitomy of Irony.

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And to leave the average aside for but a moment, some long-hanging-around "leaders," elected & appointed endlessly, bemoan the evils of CO2, etc.

But when it comes to cashin' in, especially concerning China, you can best believe, on the receiving end, will lie [their] kin.

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Jan 30, 2023Liked by Erik Carlson

It is also due to the feminisation of both men and women. Our masculine side needs to lead. See Michael Tsarion's work. In short, the handling a mother has for a young child is mistakenly brought and kept into the child's adulthood. See book The Invisible Presence as well. Alan Watts lectures on this as you have, Erik. Excellent article.

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Jan 30, 2023Liked by Erik Carlson

Terrific article. Thank you for sharing.

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Jan 30, 2023Liked by Erik Carlson

Hi..hi...Erik....you really opened some great conversation here...if I could put my 2 cents in, it would be that since the 60's the 'family unit' was under attack, caused division between parents and children, education started down the wrong track, and oh yes, God wasn't to be acknowledged in the way He was intended. I do believe our Creator put us into families and there was an order to them, where each member respected one another because they answered to a higher power (dad) hahahahaa...there were boundaries, and should be, but that all went downhill back then, at least the idea of it formed at that time...now fast forward to now. Kids have been indoctrinated since kindergarten, so what can we expect? Where were the parents? Now we see parents at school boards etc. that's a good thing!

When my son was young, I first taught him to honor our God, respect his dad and me, and always be respectful to others. I took him along with me as I volunteered, and this is where he saw life as it is and felt compassion. As I always say, while I was raising a boy, God was raising a man...and even this day he has a family and still volunteers as he holds our Creator close to his heart...

p.s. we need to make the family unit great again 😉

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Jan 30, 2023Liked by Erik Carlson

I feel much better now about the job I have done as a Father. Thanks for this!

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Jan 31, 2023Liked by Erik Carlson

Excellent read‼️ Our (once elected), & now our puppet-controlled gov officials, & most judges don’t administer Justice. Parenting is no small responsibility. The breakdown of society began with the breakdown of the family. Respect, love, discipline, correction, admonishment, & restoring them are a few vital ingredients in raising children who will rightly steward self-government. Constant respect & reverence for GOD are crucial to teach your children well. If it doesn’t begin in the home, the negative consequences will be seen in the family, the town, the city, the state, & the nation.

“The fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, &

to depart from evil is understanding.”

(Job 28:28).

Have you ever grown cucumbers vertically? If you don’t train the vines daily, those sweet-looking, little tendrils will strangle its neighboring vine. Unnoticed & unattended, you’ll need to cut them off. The vines don’t grow straight. Neither do children if a sound foundation of unconditional love & obedience is not laid. Just as gluten,

oil, egg, & water, are some necessary ingredients that bind a loaf of bread together so it doesn’t fall apart, so reverence & honor for GOD, loving correction, obedience, & affirmation

are the framework, or skeleton, a

proper foundation to train, prepare them for adulthood & right living in this dark, twisted, bent, cursed world. There’s only

One perfect parent, & that’s GOD. Our

children need to know that too.

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Jan 31, 2023Liked by Erik Carlson

This is absolutely on target. Years ago I had the privilege of learning from Stephen Glenn ED D. He was speaking on Developing Capable Young People. He spoke for 2 days about the breakdown of the American family and the impact on our youth. He spoke extensively about the importance of having our children participate in the “jobs of the family “ and how that provides many positives to development. He warned that if we don’t give our children purpose and meaning, they will search for it themselves and possibly find meaning in inappropriate ways. Well, Antifa is definitely an option for those who don’t find meaning elsewhere. These are neglected children, neglected in developing and finding their own capabilities and ways to participate on this planet and be of benefit. Thanks for your article, good piece.

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Jan 31, 2023Liked by Erik Carlson

Thanks for that insight. We have a married Son and Daughter- now 33 and 29 with our new grandkids.

Raised in an upper middle class home, they got the emotional support- but maybe a little too much of the safety net under the tightrope. We were all about grades- should have been chores and jobs early on instead. They developed that "entitled" mindset for a while- and I realized that the Wife and I weren't the only infuence on their raising- our values were diluted by the music, the tv, the movies and those damned phones with 24/7 access to their peers whispering that they "deserved" or were "entitled" to more, that their parents were holding them down, unfair, etc.

What's come out recently has underscored that impression, plus the screwball influence our educational systems have been turned into. By design.

I was blind to it all then. Fortunately they survived to become productive, independent adults- though it took a while for the Son....

Now, we will get an opportunity to reverse this deliberate agenda to create dependent sheep instead of independent Citizens.

Some we will never retrieve; 2 generations at least have been twisted.

We as the Elders now can try to bring back personal responsibility, morals, and a correct sense of right and wrong to our childrens' educations.

When the dust settles, I expect this will be my retirement employment.

It has always been about the children.

And we Responsible for our own Inaction Must act to reverse the rot.

We have a lot of work to do- I expect to die before it's done...

But what else you're doing is as important?

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Jan 30, 2023Liked by Erik Carlson

It's useful to look again at what are called the "mouse utopia" experiments.

The idea was to study overpopulation. It never happened. Never once did the mouse populations in the habitat achieve *full* population (as designed). And the mice invariably died out. To the last mouse, despite the provision of food & water.

Mostly, the habitats were designed to comfortably hold 3000 mice. They started with 8 breeding pairs & let them go. No predators, lots of interesting mouse-friendly spaces, tunnels & rooms & whatnot.

Each time the experiment was run, population peaked at ~2200, well short of the 3000 "optimum" intended by the researchers, and of course FAR short of "over"population.

The mice got weird. Mothers abandoned babies. Some mice spent all their time grooming, but never mating. Some took to sleeping while everyone else was active, & only went out when the rest (or most of them) were asleep. Some regions in the habitat did indeed get severely overcrowded, while others went entirely unused.

And after about 12 generations, the last mouse died. Not a dropoff to "sustainable": they completely died out.

I think they died of a lack of challenge.

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