POST 287A HOW THE WEST WAS WON THROUGH FAMILY LIFE!

Hi,

The holidays are always busy. So last weeks' blog didn't have many viewers which is a shame because I believe it was an important blog on American family life or the lack of it so I am going to re-publish it with the hope it will reach many more and you will send it on to others. HAPPY 2016 !!!!!!!!!!!!

HI,

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE HAPPY HOLIDAY. BEING APPROPRIATE NOWADAYS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO FOLKS. WE DON'T WANT TO INSULT ANYONE NO MATTER HOWACCIDENTLY, DO WE ???????????????????????

INSULTING IS A TERRIBLE THING TO THE CURRENT GENERATION !!!!!!!!! NEVER MIND LEAVING THE OLD FOLKS BEHIND. THAT'S DIFFERENT. THAT'S CALLED NEGLECT.  IT WASN'T JUST THE INEVITABLE DIFFERENCE OF OPINION BETWEEN GENERATIONS.  IT WAS NEGLECT NOT INSULT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 HOWEVER, IF MY KIDS FELT THAT WAY IT WOULD NOT ONLY BE AN INSULT BUT MAKE ME WONDER WHAT WAS WRONG.

THIS BLOGGER BRINGS THIS UP AT CHRISTMAS BECAUSE IT IS THE RARE TIME THAT MOST FAMILIES JOIN TOGETHER AS A UNIT, SHOWING CARING AND ATTENTION TO THE OLDER AND YOUNGER  MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY. A LOVELY INTERLUDE THAT HEALS MANY WOUNDS AND BRINGS THEM TOGETHER AGAIN. NEGLECT IS FORGIVEN AND THE INSULT OF BEING IGNORED IS FORGOTTEN IN THE JOY OF COMING TOGETHER.

THIS BLOGGER, HOWEVER, IS APPALLED AT HOW MANY OF THE AGED HAVE KIDS THAT ONLY SEE THEM A FEW TIMES A YEAR. THAT'S NOT INDEPENDENCE, THIS BLOGGER IS SORRY TO SAY, THAT IS JUST PLAIN NEGLECT. MANY OF THE AGED ARE HOUSEBOUND AND ILL. THERE ARE THOSE KIDS WHO FEEL RESPONSBILE, OF COURSE, AND FIND AT LEAST A GOOD NURSING HOME BUT NEVER VISIT EXCEPT FOR A FEW TIMES A YEAR,  THERE'S  ONE CHILD WHO "SHOULDERS" THE "BURDEN"!!!!!!!!!! THAT TERM ALONE DESTROYS YEARS OF LOVING CARE BY THE PARENT IN QUESTION.

 THERE ARE HARDSHIP CASES IN ALL OF THIS. THERE ARE CAUSES THAT SIMPLY CAN'T BE OVERCOME BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE SIMPLY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF THE OLD, THEY WILL BE TOTALLY OVERCOME WHEN THEY REACH THAT BATTLE BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T LEARN AT YOUR FOLKS FEET, THE DOCTORS AND SOCIETY CAN'T TEACH YOU.

SO, IT BECOMES NEGLECT FOR BOTH THE AGED AND THEIR CHILDREN. THE PARENTS LACK THE SOLACE AND COMPANIONSHIP THEY REQUIRE AND THEIR OFFSPRING LEARN NOTHING OF THE DEMANDS OF OLD AGE AND HOW TO HANDLE THEM.  IT'S NOT A LACK OF LOVE (WELL, MAYBE IN SOME CASES) BUT A TROUBLING LACK OF EDUCATION IN LIVING AND WHY FAMILES STAYED TOGETHER SO TIGHTLY IN PREVIOUS GENERATIONS. IT WASN'T JUST POVERTY.  IT WASN'T JUST LACK OF OPPORTUNITY.

IT WAS KNOWLEDGE THAT ALL GENERATIONS NEED THE HELP OR WISDOM OF ANOTHER AND THAT NO LIFE WAS COMPLETE WITHOUT THE EDUCATION DERIVED FROM CARING FOR THE OLD AS WELL AS THE YOUNG. AND THAT A FEW TIMES A YEAR IS NOT ENOUGH TO IMPART THAT EDUCATION IN LIVING.THUS BOTH GENERATIONS SUFFER FROM NEGLECT AND EVERYTHING IS HARDER.

PLEASE THIS BLOGGER KNOWS MANY WHO ARE DEALING WITH PARENTAL WELFARE AND GIVING OF THEMSELVES BUT LET'S FACE IT AS THE GENERATIONS HAVE MOVED ON AND MOVED AWAY, THERE ARE MORE AND MORE OF THE
 ELDERLY ALONE AND LEFT TO THEIR OWN DEVICES WITHOUT THE COST OF A NURSING HOME OR EVEN A QUALIFIED COMPANION IN THEIR HOME AND WHO WOULD NEVER DREAM OF CALLING ON GOVERNMENT AGENCIES FOR HELP.

 ISN'T IT TIME WE ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE IN OUR SOCIETY ???????????

THIS ISN'T MEANT AS A CONDEMNATION OF ANYONE IN OUR SOCIETY BUT AS REMINDER OF THE PROBLEMS OF THE FAMILY COMING APART. SOLVING THIS  IS PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANT TO THE FABRIC  OF AMERICAN SOCIETY THAN ANYONE IS CURRENTLY CONSIDERING. OH YES, WE'VE AS A NATION CONSIDERED THE PARTS OF IT. NURSING HOMES, RETIREMENT VILLAGES, RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES BUT NONE OF THAT REALLY ADDRESSES THE PROBLEM. AND IT IS A PROBLEM AT THE HEART OF AMERICANISM. WE BUILT OUR COUNTRY FROM ITS RAW ROOTS ON THE STABILITY OF FAMILY COOPERATION AND UNITY.

IT'S HOW THE WEST WAS WON. FAMILIES WORKED AND BUILT TOGETHER TO CREATE A GREAT AND STRONG NATION. WE SAW A REAL COLLAPSE OF THAT ETHIC DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION WHEN FAMILIES SPLIT APART FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ORDER TO SURVIVE INSTEAD OF PULLING TOGETHER. IT'S SIMPLY GOTTEN WORSE SINCE THEN.

THIS BLOGGER DOESN'T BELIEVE WE CAN SOLVE THE LARGER ISSUES FACING US IN THIS COUNTRY UNTIL WE CAN SOLVE THE MORE BASIC ONE OF FAMILY AND HOW WE BEGIN TO PULL TOGETHER AGAIN. SURE, IT'S TOUGH TO GET ALONG ALL THE TIME. IT'S BECAUSE OF THE INEVITABLE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION BETWEEN GENERATIONS.  BUT ON THE OTHER HAND THE PROBLEMS IT SOLVES MAKE LIFE SIMPLER. SO MAYBE WE NEED TO SUCK IT UP, PUT OUR POOR BRUISED EGOS ASIDE, AND CONCENTRATE ON TAKING CARE OF OUR OWN--THAT'S WHAT'S CALLED FAMILY FOLKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DOING THAT CAN CREATE MORE FREEDOM FOR ALL, LESS GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE IN PERSONAL AFFAIRS, LESS TAXES AND MORE LOVE AND CARING FOR ALL GENERATIONS. THIS BLOGGER BELIEVES THAT IS WHAT CHRISTIANITY, JUDAISM AND AMOST ALL RELIGIONS ARE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT. LOVING, CARING, CLOSE TIES AND NOT JUST COMING TOGETHER AT A HOLIDAY LIKE CHRISTMAS..

CAN WE RESOLVE THIS ????????????? WHAT A PRESENT THAT WOULD REPRESENT FOR AMERICA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS. HAPPY HOLLIDAY. LOVE AND CARING FOR ALL.

 CHEERS, CONNIE

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