Why do we grow and then narrow our minds to the norms of society?
2006-08-04 07:36:28 · 8 answers · asked by jeet s 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I am 6'7, 220lb and I want your ipod. And there are no cops around.
Now do you really want me to break my mind free of society norms?
2006-08-04 07:39:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a great observation this is! You're exactly right.
Just the other day, I made this observation: The younger a person is, the more attention people pay to his well-being and development.
Parents fuss over their babies and their toddlers wanting the best for the development of their potential. Then, sometime around school age, everything changes. No more do parents encourage kids to explore their worlds and to "be kids".
The fear of their kids not "fitting in" with all the other kids makes parents paranoid, and they shift into reverse, demanding that their kids toe the line instead of making their own way like they did before.
(This is all generalization. Many parents start the "breaking-in" process in infancy, and a few others encourage their kids' personal development throughout life.)
By the time they are teenagers, most adults resent these young people, in whom the fire of life and real growth still burns. I think adults secretly wish they had teenagers' combination of sexual virility, a rich social network, and a relatively free-living lifestyle.
So, the answer to your question is that adults force younger people--who are, like you said, born "free"--to fit the mold that their society says everyone should fit into. Few parents want to raise a child who doesn't fit in.
This is a tragedy because kids are the bearers of many secrets of life that adults long ago abandoned themselves, when their own adult overseers squeezed the "kid" out of them.
2006-08-04 08:20:52 · answer #2 · answered by Baxter 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God asked man to take complete dominion of the whole earth; but i think man has failed Gods assignment. Just imagine with me can any man face a lion today? i guess no!
If man takes charge these chains will simply drop off
2006-08-04 07:44:05 · answer #3 · answered by jbiferi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are conceled by the goverment to "protect ourselves" but if there were no overment chains and no goverment secerets there there would be no so called Chaos when you think about it look and the people with kings compared to us if there was complete freedom greed would be the only corruption left in the world.
2006-08-04 07:43:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People like G. Bush.
2006-08-04 07:40:52 · answer #5 · answered by Mrs. Butler ♥2 B♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because man thinks he is weaker than he truly is. We are stronger than we can imagine. If we can only believe it.
2006-08-04 07:42:12 · answer #6 · answered by CatHerder 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he puts limits on himself
2006-08-04 07:39:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know
2006-08-04 07:40:15 · answer #8 · answered by true boo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋