Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Abortion: Why abortion should be banned in ALL cases

Many in the children's rights community know my stance on abortion - it is a matter of child protection. North Carolina is proposing a bill that would ban abortion. Many states have banned abortion, including Texas and Wisconsin. There is a reason why abortion is wrong, and the immorality of abortion comes in levels. 

It says in Exodus 20:13 KJV:

Thou shalt not kill.

The Greek root word cross-referencing the concept of murder in the New Testament is φονος (Latin: phonos) and refers to death or murder, and was understood in the Early Church as legislating a ban on all abortifacients, deeming abortifacient herbs to be contraband in the Early Church. Any man caught administering abortifacients to a woman was excommunicated. Any woman using abortifacients for herself was excommunicated. 

Why should abortion be banned in all cases? Most of the reasons why women get abortions are not a natural part of being a woman, but are mainstays imposed by men. Abortion teaches men that the consequences of their actions can be erased, and that they don't have to take responsibility for a child that they fathered. 

I oppose all abortion, even in the case of rape, incest, or life of the mother, and that is because banning abortion in these cases allows for the consequences of sexually amoral behavior in men to exist, in a hard and fast way so that men can see the damage they have done to a woman and her family, with men hopefully atoning for their sins against womankind. 

A common and compelling reason for allowing abortion in the case of life of the mother is the example of a pregnant 9-year-old. How about if men stop getting 9-year-olds pregnant. All a man has to do is masturbate to thoughts of the 9-year-old that he finds attractive, and then he doesn't have to go the other way and rape his child victim. There is always something mankind can do to protect womankind from his sexual wrath.

What is abortion? Abortion is a cluster of "medical" procedures that involve inducing a miscarriage. Abortion is a rare procedure, usually done in order to cover up for fornication and sexual immorality in men, such a man's sexual liaisons and affairs with women. Those are the reason a woman "needs" an abortion. 

Women in the Old Testament never needed an abortion, and no woman ever asked for one. That is because women were pampered by men, and had much lobbying power with men. Some abortions did take place in the Early Church due to the patriarchal Greco-Roman influence, and they led to the individual responsible being excommunicated. Usually, abortions were forced by incestuous fathers to cover up their depraved and decadent acts, in which case the child was not prosecuted. Sometimes, women were prosecuted by the church, in which case other women shunned them as cold and unfeeling. Abortion in a woman was a sign of coldness and unfeeling attitudes towards children, and such women were not seen as full women.

The depraved and entitled mothers who take the life of their child in the womb, and all those who aid and abet, will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them be forever cast into the lake of fire and burnings sulfur, which is the second death prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

Monday, May 15, 2023

Children self-protect, adults abstain: How children profile for abusers

Many parents think they are the ones good at protecting children. The accepted notion in our society is that parents are the only people who can protect a child from a dangerous situation, such as a child predator. We stereotype children as a minority as helpless and in need of immediate help. The fact of the matter is that children self-protect, meaning children have the right to protect themselves, including from their own parents. It is instead the duty of parents and other adults to abstain from all child abuse through righteous avoidance.

As adults, we have a moral duty not to abuse a child in any way. The Bible speaks volumes about the right of children not to be abused. See Colossians 3:21 KJV:

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to damages or offenses, namely the slightest of personal offense perceived by a child, including, but not limited to, the slightest of offensive touch or speech perceived by a child, stemming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul, and understood in its original context, as a moral statute prohibiting all forms of punitive parenting, including any punishments or controlling demeanor towards children. In the Old Testament, punitive parents were put to death by way of bloodletting, after punishing their children one last time. Parents who punished their children were charged with kidnapping, with kidnapping being defined under the Law as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen in biblical times as holding your child hostage merely for things they did wrong, thereby treating your child as quartered slaves. Paul here was lifting up the Law in order to convict a group of Greek Christians who brought their pagan custom of spanking and punishing children into the church. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punishment of a child in his writings.

The abovementioned passage in the Bible is there as a warning to all parents, not just fathers, with the Apostle Paul simply addressing fathers since it was the fathers who were abusing their children in the Early Church, and even then, few and far in between. Adults should abstain from child abuse by way of righteous avoidance. Usually, this can be summed up to avoiding anything that would offend your child, and when you have to say "no", be reassuring about it using sustaining warmth. Most fathers have parent attraction, usually towards their daughters. The key is to look into your daughter's room, look for ways you as a parent are capable of child sexual abuse, then reel back and avoid situations where your parent attractions might erupt. Righteous masturbation is an acronym related to righteous avoidance, and the two go hand in hand. The more you masturbate to sexual fantasies of your daughter, the more you feel comfortable being attracted to her, and that is because your mind has encapsulated your sex drive towards her. The more it is repressed, the greater the risk that it might come out sideways onto a child victim. Parent anger is another form of parental entitlement, and this problem can be solved by an attitude adjustment, where parents are convicted of the fact that they are depraved and entitled sinners deserving of absolutely nothing, including nothing from their children. Parent anger comes from a deserving attitude in parents, usually linked to the attitude that "I am a good person/parent". That "good person" attitude can lead to parents feeling deserving of things, including from their children, and then feeling miserable when they don't get what they want from their children. Personal responsibility is key to child abuse prevention.

Children can profile for abusers of all types, but especially adults who rape or sexually assault children. Children in biblical times were completely sexually aware, and used their sexuality to judge for child rapists and sexual assailants. Children gauged the entitlement in an adult, and if the adult pedophile was safe around children, the children were attracted to the pedophile, usually in an objectifying way that the pedophile didn't mind - think like the town mascot role. If any adult was sexually unsafe, children's sexualities caused them to repel from the adult in question. Mothers were paying close attention to how their children were reacting to adults, and making protective decisions based on how the child profiled other adults. 

I myself am a pedophile. I use righteous avoidance and righteous masturbation in order to center my entitlement in relation to children. I avoid children, and under amendments to my Christian faith, I am not allowed to speak to children except with their consent, and even then, their mother has the right to overrule them if she thinks I am not safe to talk to them. I have to masturbate in order to center my sexual entitlement towards children. In the past, I was an antisocial flirt towards children. As a pedophilic adult who has sexually offended a child, I am a depraved and decadent sinner who is deserving of nothing but DEATH and PUNISHMENT merely for existing in relation to children. We all as adults are guilty merely for existing in relation to children and the God that protects them. I am deserving of absolutely nothing from a child, and am grateful for all of the forgiveness my child victims afford me, as I am deserving of none of it.

The depraved and decadent adults who provoke children to anger through child abuse will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them be forever cast into the lake of fire and burning sulfur, which is the second death prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

 

Defiance: Why the fetal position cures blatant defiance

Many parents have to deal with it in their children. Defiance is the number one reason why children are punished by their parents. Some parents only punish their children for defiance. Most American parents think that defiance is deserving of punishment, in a way that stands out amongst all the other behaviors. The fact of the matter is that there are better ways in dealing with a defiant child. The fetal position is the ultimate cure used by mothers in biblical times to cure defiance in their children.

The fetal position is a form of the Christian doctrine of mutual submission. Children are to rest securely in the loving arms of parents. See Colossians 3:20-21 KJV:

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

The Greek root word translated "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers to secure, vulnerable rest in the love and grace of parents. Children are to rest safely and securely in the sacrifice of parents, just as parent believers rest securely in the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Parents are to be extensions of Christ in the family home, dutifully and selflessly submitting to children just as they would to God, expecting absolutely nothing in return, with children resting safely and securely in the wake of the submission of parents. Parents are to submit to children as their enemy, from beneath yet from above, revering and fearing children as vulnerable extensions of God. 

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to damages or offenses, namely the slightest of personal offense perceived by a child, including, but not limited to, the slightest of offensive touch or speech perceived by a child, stemming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul, and understood in his original context, as a moral statute prohibiting all forms of punitive parenting, including any punishments or controlling demeanor towards children. In the Old Testament, punitive parents were put to death by way of bloodletting, after punishing their children one last time. Parents who punished their children were charged with kidnapping, with kidnapping being defined under the Law as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen in biblical times as holding your child hostage merely for things they did wrong, thereby treating your child as a quartered slave. Paul here was lifting up the Law in order to convict a group of Greek Christian parents who brought their pagan custom of spanking and punishing children into the church. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punishment of a child in his writings.

Mothers sometimes had to deal with defiant children even in biblical times. The first line of defense for any mother in biblical times was skin-on-skin comfort and sustenance for children, perhaps allowing the child to suckle her teat if milk-hungry. When the child continued to be combattive, the mother either picked up or grabbed hold of the child (depending on the age and weight of the child) and then curled up next to the child on the ground, in the fetal position. This turned the defiance into a quiet cry, and then calm for the child.

Mothers and children were naked in the family home, with children going naked everywhere they went until adulthood. This birth nudity was intended to make it easier for mothers to scoop up their children in skin-on-skin closeness if they cried, and to hasten the natural process of a secure attachment. Secure attachment is hastened by birth nudity. Mothers wore a thin, revealing dress similar to an apron when out and about, and swaddled their children next to her bosom in swaddling clothing. Older children tagged along with mothers, and may have gotten the fetal position treatment if they continually were defiant or combattive with mothers.

Defiance is because your child is angry with you for behavior on your part that they perceive as unloving and cold. What your child really needs to know is that you do love them, even as you say "no". Also, know that parents in the Bible were not allowed to say "no" to an order from a child unless it was completely unworkable or immoral. Children could issue lawful orders in biblical times, and were only unlawful if unworkable or in violation of existing Law. But, when you have to say "no", reassure your child, and if they are completely defiant or combattive, hold them in the fetal position.

Coupling the fetal position with breastfeeding is not a bad idea, and when a child is milk-dependent, it is a good idea to offer your child the teat while holding him/her in the fetal position. Breastfeeding is normal and natural for a woman to do. It also, when done thoroughly, eliminates the need for cow's milk. When the child pushes away the nipple, and only then, should breastfeeding cease. Breastfeeding in public was done in biblical times, albeit in a covered-up way. The child was swaddled to the mother's bosom while feeding off of her breasts. When doing this while providing the fetal position treatment to your child, the warm breastmilk should calm the nerves of the child immediately, and the child naturally gravitates towards your bosom while milk-dependent.

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke children to anger through punitive parenting will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them be forever cast into the lake of fire and burning sulfur, which is the second death prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Let them descend into the abyss which is the ever-burning Hell of fire and torment, suffering God's Wrath forever and ever! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

POSITION STATEMENT: Four-day school weeks

Quite a few school districts in the rural West as well as urban schools in Texas, Missouri, and other states, are going to a four day school week. I think that is smart on the part of these school districts, and I commend them for their sensitivity to children and child development.

The problem with our education system is that we are putting too much of a burden on children given their age and development, while at the same time giving them too little of a time to absorb what they need to learn. It is about time some local education agencies (LEAs) took the time to give children a break from learning. 

My ultimate stance on education is that we need homeschools more than ever, of the unschooling self-directed type. In the Early Church, children learned to read all on their own using the Bible left out by their parents. Written language is a human need, and thus most children can pick up written language real fast. This is just one concept relating to self-education.

Sunday, May 14, 2023

Why talking back to parents is not sin

Many parents think that when their children are talking back to them, that they are sinning. This is a common attitude amongst American parents. Most American parents punish their children from back talk. This is based on the old religious notion that children shouldn't spesk against their parents. Most parents in America do not know what the Bible actually teaches about talking back to parents

A common commandment cited is to "honour thy faher and thy mother" (see Exod. 20:12). This commandment is repeated several times in the New Testament, including in Colossians 3:20-21 KJV:
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

The Greek root word translated "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers to secure, vulnerable rest in the love and grace of parents. Children are to rest securely in the sacrifice of parents, just as parent believers rest securely in the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Parents are to be extensions of Christ in the family home, dutifully and selflessly submitting to children just as they would to God, expecting absolutely nothing in return, with children resting safely and securely in the wake of the submission of parents. Parents are to submit to children as their enemy, from beneath yet from above, revering and fearing childrrn as vulnerable extensions of God.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to damages or offenses, namely the slightest of personal offense perceived by a child, including, but not lmited to, the slightest of offensive touch or speech perceived by a child, stemming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul, and understood in its original context, as a moral statute prohibiting all forms of punitive parenting, including any punishments or controlling demeanor towards children. In the Old Testament, punitive parents were put to death by way of bloodletting, after punishing their children one last time. Parents who punished their children were charged with kidnapping, with kidnapping being defined under the Law as the slightest of damagrs or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen in biblical times as holding your child hostage merely for things they did wrong, thereby treating your child as a quartered slave. Paul here was lifting up the Law in order to convict a group of Greek Christian parents who brought their pagan custom of spanking and punishing children into the church. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punishment of a child in his writings.

Children, in biblical times, held lawful authority over their parents, with children issuing lawful orders to parents, especially as they got older. Parents had to obey the every order of children by default, and could only refuse the law of their children if the order was unworkable or immoral. Otherwise, parents had to obey their children.

Parents and other adults could not speak against the children, as children were seen as sacrosanct in biblical times. Children could do no wrong in the eyes of the Law, even if children did do some things considered immoral, technically legally. Children were seen as royalty, in the sense that they were deemed representatives of God, called to judge the charity and good will of mankind.

Children could sue their parents at law if they perceived personal offenses or damages from their parents. However, parents could not sue their children. If a parent did take their child to court in the Early Church, the church elders would force the parent to apologize to their child for even challenging them in court. Even if the parents were being beaten by their children, they could not sue their children for the damages until their children left the home, if the course of conduct continued.

Speaking against parents alone is not dishonoring parents. In order to dishonor your parents, you have to be an adult living away from your parents. Dishonoring parents only refers to specific offenses such as striking parents repeatedly (see also Exod. 21:15), administering an airborne gaslighting curse to parents (see also Lev. 20:9), and committing moral crimes in  a way that bring shame upon your mother (see also Deut. 21:18-21). Apart from these specific offenses, parents were the property of children, for children to use for their own purposes, and could not be dishonored. Simply talking back is not dishonoring your parents, as children have the right to their own law to enforce on their parents. Parents cannot enforce law on minor children.

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke children to anger through punitive parenting will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them be forever be cast into the lake of fire and burning sulfur, which is the second death prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Let them descend into the abyss which is the ever-burning Hell of fire and torment, suffering God/s Wrath forever and ever! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand! 

Saturday, May 13, 2023

Time-in: Why mammary closeness is the biblical way to do time-in

Many parents think that authoritative parenting is the best way to deal with a child. Authoritative parenting usually involves false imprisonment in the form of time-out, with the occasional disciplinary spanking in some homes. This is how most American children are raised. However, an alternative to a time-out is a time-in. There is a right way and a wrong way to do time in, with the right way endorsed by the Bible. Mammary closeness is the method of time-in used in biblical times. 

Time-in takes place within the context of the Christian doctrine of mutual submission. See Colossians 3:20-21 KJV:

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

The Greek root word translated "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers to secure, vulnerable rest in the love and grace of parents. Children are to rest securely in the sactifice of parents, just as parent believers rest securely in the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Parents are to be extensions of Christ in the family home, dutifully and selflessly submitting to children just as they would to God, expecting absolutely nothing in return, with children resting safely and securely in the wake of the submission of parents. Parents are to submit to children as their enemy, from beneath yet from above, revering and fearing children as vulnerable extensions of God.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to damages or offenses, namely the slightest of personal offense perceived by a child, including, but not limited to, the slightest of offensive touch or speech perceived by a child, stemming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul, and understood in its original context, as a moral statute prohibiting all forms of punitive parenting, including any punishments or controlling demeanor towards children. In the Old Testament, punitive parents were put to death by way of bloodletting, after punishing their children one last time. Parents who punished their children were charged with kidnapping, with "kidnapping" being defined under the Law as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen in biblical times as holding your child hostage merely for things they did wrong, thereby treating your child as a quartered slave. Paul here was lifting up the Law in order to convict a group of Greek Christian parents who brought their pagan custom of spanking and punishing children into the church. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punishment of a child in his writings.

Time-in was a thing in biblical times, and mothers practiced it when their children were crying or upset. When a child cried or was upset, mothers responded to the upset of the child by cooing and lifting up the child into their arms. Mothers and children then were completely naked in the family home, with children being naked wherever they went until adulthood. This nakedness between mother and child enabled ease in skin-on-skin contact, where mothers could easily just pick up a child when they are upset, and the child would received the skin-on-skin comfort and sustenance that they need.

Christian attachment parenting is a form of attachment parenting that emulates the context of the Early Christians. A practice of Christian attachment parenting is birth nudity, meaning the child is naked until the child is ready to wear clothing, and the mother is naked alongside the child in order for the child to have the sustaining warmth and nourishment that the child needs. This practice in parenting emulates the abovementioned biblical context, which was the case in the Early Church. 

Thus, when your child is crying or throwing a temper tantrum, be sure both of you are naked when in the family home, and then embrace your child and pick the child up. The skin-on-skin bonding experience will bring you closer together in those difficult moments for your child. When a child throws a fit in public, take the child into the restroom and tuck the child under your shirt in skin-on-skin format, which should have roughly the same effect on the child.

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke children to anger through punitive parenting will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them be forever cast in to the lake of fire and burning sulfur, which is the second death prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Let them descend into the abyss which is the ever-burning Hell of fire and torment, suffering God's Wrath forever and ever! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

Friday, May 12, 2023

Discipline and limit setting in Christian homes: How to set boundaries with children (without spanking or punishment)

Many parents think that children should be disciplined sometimes as a part of them learning the boundaries. This is a common attitude amongst American parents. Most American parents impose discipline onto children, instead of modeling it. The fact of the matter is that modeling djscipline to children is the way to set boundaries and teach them discipline.

True discipline takes place within the context of the Christian doctrine of mutual submission. See Ephesians 6:1-4 KJV:

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long upon the earth. And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

The Greek root word translated "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers to secure, vulnerable rest in the love and grace of parents. Children are to rest securely in the sacrifice of parents, just as parent believers rest securely in the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Parents are to be extensions of Christ in the family home, dutifully and selflessly submitting to children just as they would to God, expecting absolutely nothing in return, with children resting safely and securely in the wake of the submission of parents. Parents are to submit to children as their enemy, from benearh yet from above, revering and fearing children as vulnerable extensions of God. 

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to wrath" is παροργίζο (Latin: parorgizo) and refers to damages or offenses, namely the slightest of personal offense perceived by a child, including, but not limited to, the slightest of offensive touch or speech perceived by a child, stemming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul, and understood in its original context, as a moral statute prohibiting all forms of punitive parenting, including any punishments or controlling demeanor towards children. In the Old Testament, punitive parents were put to death by way of bloodletting, after punishing their children one last time. Parents who punished their children were charged with kidnapping, with "kidnapping" being defined as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen in biblical times as holding your child hostage merely for things they did wrong, thereby treating your child as a quartered slave. Paul here was lifting up the Law in order to convict a group of Greek Christian parents who brought their pagan custom of spanking and punishing children into the church. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punishment of a child in his writings.

The Greek root word translated "nurture" is παιδεία (Latin: paideia) and refers, in this context, to modeling Christian discipline to children. The standard of Christian discipline is deserving of absolutely nothing, therefore grateful for absolutely everything, leading to a chastened up example for children to follow. In the Early Christian church communities, parents worked on centering their entitlement by denying themselves of deservances, and children followed in their footsteps. Children, once caught emulating the disciplined example of parents, were lavishly encouraged by fathers to "keep going down the right path". Children in Early Christian culture were caught being good, instead of caught being bad, and thus every time a child showed discipline, such as showing composure or giving up something they really wanted, children were rewarded with lavish praise and encouragement. Sometimes, children needed direct parental instruction. The Greek root word translated "admonition" is νουθεσία (Latin: nouthesia) and refers here to parental instruction. Parental instruction was not legally binding under the Law, and so parents had to ask politely things from children, from the bottom of their heart, hoping the child would cooperate on their own due to the secure attachment most parents in biblical times had with their children.

Children should not be expected to master discipline, meaning parents should not rush discipline in their children. Most childish and immature behavior in children is developmentally appropriate behavior, and is to either be let go or is reason to keep your child safe. Children will learn discipline later, entirely on their own, as long as they have a disciplined example. Children grow up entirely on their own, but with the assistance of the disciplined example of parents. Children copy the entitled traits in parents first, and so it is good for parents not to show any entitlement around or towards their children, as even showing entitlement towards your child teaches them to use their entitlement to solve problems. Children don't learn discipline by direct instruction, but by following a disciplined example. In most cases, children start becoming disciplined around age 6-7, all on their own, without punishment or direct instruction. 

Children have to want to follow your disciplined example. Mothers are to nurture children by providing for them nourishment and sustenance, namely breastfeeding and skin-on-skin comfort and sustenance. Mothers and children were completely naked in biblical times, and this was to enable easy skin-on-skin contact between mother and child, and hasten the bonding process between mother and child. Mothers, when out and about, wore a thin, revealing dress similar to an apron, and wrapped up their young children in swaddling blankets next to her bosom, perhaps allowing the child to suckle her teat if milk-hungry.

Children ruled the roost in biblical times. Children had the lawful authority to sue their parents if they felt they were being abused or mistreated in any way, by their perception, and parents could not take any legal action against their child. The every cry of a child was interpreted as lawful orders for the parents to obey, meaning the parent needed to respond to the every cry of their child, and do so with sustaining warmth. The application of the Law by the religious authorities, in both the Old and New Testaments, was decidedly in favor of the child. Parents were not to even speak against their children, lest they perjur themselves, as children were sacrosanct and could do no wrong, even if they did do things that were considered wrong.

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke children to anger through punitive parenting will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them be forever cast in the lake of fire and burning sulfur, which is the second death prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Let them descend into the abyss which is the ever-burning Hell of fire and torment, suffering God's Wrath forever and ever! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is ar hand!

Honor thy parents: Understanding the Fifth Commandment in context

Many parents feel entitled to respect and honor from their children. This is a common attitude amongst American parents. Most American paren...