tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184208181444239184.post2943788808491542126..comments2024-03-29T01:56:37.975-04:00Comments on Child in Mind: Is Our Society Prejudiced Against Children?Claudia M. Gold, MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13081419560269676730noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184208181444239184.post-68106634073870101622012-01-19T12:03:29.711-05:002012-01-19T12:03:29.711-05:00Thanks for this. I clicked over from the New York ...Thanks for this. I clicked over from the New York Mag comments section. Your post gives me a much clearer idea of who Bruehl was and what her philosophies were. I am now going out in search of this book.Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03146269455952869492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184208181444239184.post-36272653045019373692012-01-19T10:13:47.920-05:002012-01-19T10:13:47.920-05:00Dr Gold, picking up on your "aim to call atte...Dr Gold, picking up on your "aim to call attention to the way we as a society approach problems involving children and families", I come back to a Jungian point of view and his (non-gender) Feminine principle, i.e., what boils down to relatedness. What stokes our current moral vacuum is the extent to which those qualities of empathy, caring, affection, attention, attachment -- what boils down to love -- doesn't count because it cannot be quantified. All that soft stuff that just happens to shape our brains that in turn shape this off-kilter culture of ours. By extension, it's worth considering the extent to which the nature of mothering impacts Mother Nature and thus the future of humanity on planet Earth.Judith Asphar for Coraclehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07919173288551326793noreply@blogger.com