Every baby starts life as a little savage. He is completely selfish and self-centered. He wants what he wants when he wants it: his bottle, his mother's attention, his playmate's toys, his uncle's watch, or whatever. Deny him these and he seethes with rage and aggressiveness which would be murderous were he not so helpless. He's dirty, he has no morals, no knowledge, no developed skills. This means that all children, not just certain children but all children, are born delinquent. If permitted to continue in their self-centered world of infancy, given free reign to their impulsive actions to satisfy each want, every child would grow up a criminal, a thief, a killer, a rapist.
My favorite Dr. Seuss is the "Super Supper March" (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=super+supper+march), a song that I learned in the first grade and it has stuck with me since then, as it still applies to my life at least 3 times a day ;-)
ReplyDelete"Hungry, hungry, I am hungry
Table, Table here I come.
I could eat a goose moose burger
15 pickles and a purple plumb.
I could eat 3 bowls of goulosh
Half a pound of wuzzled wheat
I could eat a peck of goobers
Then I'd really get to work and eat!"
It goes on for several verses..