Children today are being forced out of their homes far too early into schools where they are neither loved nor respected. For boys, in particular, rising five is far too young to be expected to read the subtle and sophisticated social rules of school, which is unlike any other social institution, except perhaps prison. School, in my opinion, handicaps children emotionally and educationally.
I believe that the increasing emotional dependence in adulthood of children on their parents is the result of too much forced independence at an early age in an environment that is neither caring or nurturing. Herding children into schools encourages them to learn attitudes from each other, rather than from loving adults. School offers too much independence for a four-year-old boy and too little for a 14-year-old.
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