PPP

NOT ONLY PARENTS BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY - UNDER WHOSE AUSPICE I DON'T KNOW - HAVE ABANDONED PPP, PROPER PRIOR PARENTING. I HEARD ABOUT A SUMMER PROGRAM WHEREIN "CHILDREN CAN GET FREE MEALS AT 6 LOCATIONS." THIS IN A CITY OF ONLY 20,000 RESIDENTS. THIS AT A TIME IN OUR LAND OF PLENTY WE HAVE A SIMULTANEOUS OBESITY EPIDEMIC AND HUNGER CRISIS. I READ ABOUT A SUPERINTENDENT OF THE NEW ORLEANS SCHOOLS WHO ALLOWED STUDENTS WITH 2 D'S AND 2 F'S TO BE COUNTED AS PASSED ON A STANDARDIZED TEST BECAUSE OF "THE TRAUMA THAT OUR CHILDREN HAVE BEEN THROUGH." THIS IN OUR TIME OF RARE PPP, PROPER PRIOR PARENTING WITH MESSAGES OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY, RESPONSIBILITY AND PERSONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT.

LOOK BACK TO THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY, TO A YOUNG MAN RAISED IN A CONVERTED BOXCAR, ORPHANED AS A TEEN, WHO DID NOT ALLOW TRAUMA TO DESTROY HIS LIFE. MR. SCHWAB SET OUT ON HIS OWN, HORATIO ALGER-LIKE, AND BY 2003 HIS ANNUAL REVENUE REACHED 1 BILLION DOLLARS. REFERENCE A MR. EVANS, WHO LOST HIS WIFE AND 2 DAUGHTERS IN A FIRE EARLY INTO HIS MARRIAGE, BUT DID NOT LET TRAGEDY OVERWHELM HIM OR NEGATE HIS QUEST FOR A USEFUL LIFE.

PROPER PRIOR PARENTING HAS LED TO A LACK OF RESPECT FOR LAWS WHICH IS CORROSIVE TO OUR CULTURE AND OUR SOCIETY'S MORAL IMPERATIVES. LET'S PLUMB THE DEPTHS OF DEPRAVITY THAT HAVE CAUSED A 15 YR. OLD TO FLEE HER ABUSIVE HOME, AN 18 YR. OLD TO BE ABDUCTED AND MURDERED BY A YOUNG FATHER, A SPOILED CELEBRITY TO GARNER INORDINATE, MEDIA ATTENTION OR A 40 SOMETHING WHO DISCARDS HUSBAND AND CHILDREN TO FINALLY 'ENJOY HERSELF.'

PPP HAS BEEN ABSENT FOR A LONG TIME. WHY? HOW CAN AMERICA CALL HERSELF GREAT AND GOOD IF THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION AND PROPER REMEDIATION IS TOO LONG COMING?