Indeed "right nurture" is needed nay crucial at a tender age. My Uncle will often say as he taught me and others years back, when erecting a long pole vertically, any little deviation from a straight line in the beginning(that is not corrected) will eventually become a huge deviation when the pole is fully erected.

Catch them young they say. Yes, I agree that brutality is a no-no, let love lead even if the child has to be disciplined. Governments have to help out against brutality.

For me, a child is a blank slate,as it were. Why? Because there are inherent traits every child inherits from their parents. There's also an inherent disposition in every child towards what's not right. So it is no surprise when you see even months old children doing some vengeful things one to another or you notice a child picks up curse words faster than sweet words, it's an inherent weakness they are born with. So alas, I do not see the child as a clean slate really.

My point is, bringing up children is not as easy as it looks, maybe when one just sees children playing around innocently they think it's a piece of cake to raise them. No it's some deliberate duty to nurture them in love. Even in the mum's belly, a child can receive communication and be taught to behave in that context.

Part of my childhood song in our training schools then says– "..if you train a child, you train a nation, catch them young.."

My regards, I think it's time for me to be regular in this tribe.

Thanks in anticipation of your help in my previous note.

Cheers.