PPP AGAIN AND AGAIN

WHAT SPECIFIC COULD PROTECT A THREE YEAR OLD DISABLED CHILD FROM A DEATH ENCASED IN ROPES IN A CLOSET? THE ACLU ADMITS TO THE "COMPLEX" EFFORTS OF CHILD-PROTECTION AGENCIES THAT STILL NEED "STRONG TRAINING, OVERSIGHT AND RISK ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS ...TO DETERMINE WHAT'S BEST FOR A NEGLECTED OR ABUSED CHILD"

WHAT SPECIFIC COULD NEGATE THE NEED FOR A FIBERGLASS DOME VILLAGE TO HOUSE THE HOMELESS IN A BIG CITY LIKE LOS ANGELES? AFTER 13 YEARS THE EXPERIMENT COULD NOT ACHIEVE FISCAL SUCCESS, CLOSING FOR LACK OF FUNDS
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WHAT SPECIFIC COULD REPLACE THE NURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP NURSES WHO TRY TO TEACH YOUNG, POOR, FIRST-TIME MOTHERS HOW TO BE GOOD PARENTS? UNMARRIED AND SEXUALLY ACTIVE TEENS ARE ILL-EQUIPPED TO COPE WITH PREGNANCIES AND CHILD-REARING WHEN BOTH THE MOTHER AND FATHER ARE DROP-OUTS FROM SCHOOL AND SHARE A HISTORY OF SMOKING, UNEMPLOYMENT, IRRESPONSIBILITY AND IMMATURITY.

WHAT SPECIFIC COULD PREVENT YOUNG, FEMALE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM HARASSING A HOME OWNER TO A TIPPING POINT OF EXASPERATION WHEN HE DELIBERATELY SHOOTS ONE OF THEM? REPEATED COMPLAINTS TO AUTHORITIES AND VISITS TO HIS HOME BY PARTYGOERS APPARENTLY DROVE HIM OVER THE EDGE OF SELF-CONTROL AND DECENCY.

ONE CITIZEN COMMENTING ON THIS LAST TRAGEDY, EXCUSES THE YOUNG WOMEN AS "TEENAGE GIRLS"... JUST "BEING KIDS." THIS DEFENSE IS AN APT ASSESSMENT OF THE UNDERLYING CAUSE OF AMERICA'S CULTURAL AND SOCIAL CRISIS. CHILDREN ARE NOT EXPECTED TO GROW UP.

THE SPECIFIC I HAVE IN MIND IS PPP - PROPER, PRIOR, PARENTING. NEITHER NATURAL PARENTS NOR FOSTER PARENTS IN THE PRESENT GENERATION OR IN SEVERAL PAST GENERATIONS, HAVE PRACTICED WHAT FATHER KNEW BEST - DISCIPLINE. IN SPITE OF SOME OF ITS WORTHLESSNESS, THE IDEALIZED WORLD OF OZZIE NELSON AND BEAVER CLEAVER ON TELEVISION, EMBRACED A CODE OF DISCIPLINE ROOTED IN THE 10 COMMANDMENTS. DEATHS FROM STUPIDITY - LIKE THOSE OF 6 CHILDREN IN A CHICAGO FIRE RECENTLY CAUSED BY CANDLES BURNING IN AN UNHEATED AND UNLIT RESIDENCE - WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE PRICE PAID FOR ABANDONING PPP.