When lawmakers criminalize failing teenagers, they successfully distract the public from the adult negligence creating those teenagers. Blaming a child for delinquency stops anyone from questioning the authorities who underfund neighborhoods and ignore abuse. Father Edward Flanagan identified this exact diversion tactic over a century ago. He refused to accept the prevailing societal lie that…
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When a loved one struggles to reach for a glass or stand from a chair, your first instinct tells you to grab their hand and pull. While you might think you are helping, you are actually telling their muscles to quit. Every time you "help" through the assumption of a task, you accelerate a person's…
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When a loved one returns home from the hospital, family members often rush to do everything for them. They cook the meals, wash the dishes, and help them dress. Kindness of this type comes from a good place, but it often creates a trap of permanent weakness. The body and mind quickly adapt to doing…
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