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]]> Comment on Newt Gingrich and Adolescence by Katherine, age 17 http://americanexile.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/newt-gingrich-and-adolescence/#comment-1289 Katherine, age 17 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:38:38 +0000 http://americanexile.wordpress.com/?p=85#comment-1289 My dear friend, As a teen myself, I agree whole-heatedly with Gingrich on his analysis of adolescence as a social experiment. However, I was very disturbed by what you said on discouraging family growth. The family is the building block of society, and it is the family which imbues children and teens with a sense of responsibility for their siblings and their parents. I am the eldest in a family of 6 children, and I have matured far more by interaction with my little brothers and sister than I could ever have as an only child, or one of three. Yes, it is hard to support a large family in today's world, but this only serves to tie closer together the members of a family, and help us build character with each other. We think outside ourselves in a big family, because when money is tight, we can't just go into the pantry and eat whenever we want, we have to think about everyone. An even better example is that of my cousins, who have 10 kids, and are the most virtuous and upright people I know. Their mother is a stay at home mom, so they live on one income, they do not accept charity to live on, but rather they are one team all pulling together to get through. The oldest two are at college and doing very well, and the third and I will be graduating this spring, and both of us have plans for graduate school. I would argue that the solution to today's adolescent problem is encouraged familial societies. The family not only teaches responsibility, but prepares the individual for life in the outside world through love and support. I have never met a greater mentor than a father when it comes to discernment and a helping hand. No child who has the support of a true, loving family will end up on the streets, trying to fill some empty hole inside themselves with drugs, alcohol, or sex, because there will be no hole to start with. yours, Katherine (I love my parents!) My dear friend,
As a teen myself, I agree whole-heatedly with Gingrich on his analysis of adolescence as a social experiment. However, I was very disturbed by what you said on discouraging family growth. The family is the building block of society, and it is the family which imbues children and teens with a sense of responsibility for their siblings and their parents. I am the eldest in a family of 6 children, and I have matured far more by interaction with my little brothers and sister than I could ever have as an only child, or one of three. Yes, it is hard to support a large family in today’s world, but this only serves to tie closer together the members of a family, and help us build character with each other. We think outside ourselves in a big family, because when money is tight, we can’t just go into the pantry and eat whenever we want, we have to think about everyone. An even better example is that of my cousins, who have 10 kids, and are the most virtuous and upright people I know. Their mother is a stay at home mom, so they live on one income, they do not accept charity to live on, but rather they are one team all pulling together to get through. The oldest two are at college and doing very well, and the third and I will be graduating this spring, and both of us have plans for graduate school. I would argue that the solution to today’s adolescent problem is encouraged familial societies. The family not only teaches responsibility, but prepares the individual for life in the outside world through love and support. I have never met a greater mentor than a father when it comes to discernment and a helping hand. No child who has the support of a true, loving family will end up on the streets, trying to fill some empty hole inside themselves with drugs, alcohol, or sex, because there will be no hole to start with.
yours, Katherine
(I love my parents!)

]]> Comment on America’s Greatness-Based on Liberal Ideas by chaze77 http://americanexile.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/americas-greatness-based-on-liberal-ideas/#comment-1287 chaze77 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:36:55 +0000 http://americanexile.wordpress.com/?p=88#comment-1287 Holy cow- This is so true... and needs to be seen by everyone- conservatives and liberals alike. I'm tempted to steal it and post it on my site too. Holy cow-

This is so true… and needs to be seen by everyone- conservatives and liberals alike.

I’m tempted to steal it and post it on my site too.

]]> Comment on A New Spin on an Old Theme..Health Insurance by Rathna http://americanexile.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/a-new-spin-on-an-old-themehealth-insurance/#comment-1285 Rathna Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:17:11 +0000 http://americanexile.wordpress.com/?p=80#comment-1285 Thank you for this great post. Thank you for this great post.

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