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I had to run an errand today on my lunch hour. After I was finished that, I decided to have a bite to eat in a cafe near by. Whilst there, I picked up a copy of todays Irish Times.

As usual, I head straight for the World News section, to get an idea of what the Irish Times thinks we should know about. I follow this by going to the Opinion & Analysis section to see what people will be talking about tomorrow. (cynical…I’ve been told)

I read a very interesting article about how parents today need support when raring their children. Traditionally, this support would come from other family members, but now since we have
different forms of families we need a communal approach to providing support.

The part of this article that really shocked me is that this group oneparent.ie actually stated that the in todays society, the family “is no longer private”. Please, please think about this statement. Take a surreal approach to it if necessary and see what you come up with.

How is the family no longer private? Is it down to the proximity to our neighbors? Can they see in the kitchen window? Or is it the fact they we now have to rely on strangers to bring up our offspring in creches and schools?

If there is every a chance that Karen Kiernan of Oneparent.ie reads this post, please comment with an explanation to what you mean by this. I would be fascinated to know.

I agree with Karen that lone parents do need a good support system so they can get on with their lives and provide for their children. However, I do not agree that we should call on the government to provide this as they are the cause of such problems in the first instance. If you don’t believe me about this, please read a book by Lord Bertrand Russell called the Impact of Science on Society (1953)

I sincerely hope that people who read this rag do not take this opinion as fact as often the case in the society.

Article can be found here

I’ve heard some interesting things about this particular think tank. These claims suggest they are the main sources of all propaganda being hurled at the globe today. I would like to know more about them, so I’ve decided to do some research into their history and activities.

I’ve a section on my main site (YamdaBlam!) dedicated to discoveries about this group. I totally welcome any information anybody has out there in relation to them and their activities.

A quick google search pulls up a number of interesting links in relation this Tavistock, so I’ll be following up on them to see what source information is available to me.

Until then..