Learning that Abe Lincoln was anti-slavery (he wasn't) and that the US is a "world hero government" (it's not) may be detrimental to a young person's development and education, but the most detrimental lesson is an implicit one. Namely, that we are never to think for ourselves, but to always defer to some external authority who "knows better." This is the deadly poison that brews the types of unthinking, unfeeling, scared and cowardly, violence-prone societies we live in today all around the world.

How can we stop this? By loving ourselves and loving our kids! And if we love them, we will teach them that they can lead themselves, and help and guide them to do so.

I hope you will enjoy these short observations from today, spurred on by my time this morning in the Japanese preschool/kindergarten where I currently work.

Cheers.

~KafkA

Graham Smith is a Voluntaryist activist, creator, and peaceful parent residing in Niigata City, Japan. Graham runs the "Voluntary Japan" online initiative with a presence here on Steem, as well as DTube and Twitter. (Hit me up so I can stop talking about myself in the third person!)