“American families are at a crises stage,” Dr. T says, …”and parents must demand more support services from the government if the family is to survive.”
Like too many of us who are dismayed by the societal conditions which produce the family break up…, the criminality on all levels of society…, the Doctor never poses the question:
“What are the systemic factors that have brought this economic system to a point where the family unit is at the crises stage?”
The divorce rate in our society is over the 50% mark, which means that more than half of all the marriages have failed to sustain a secure base for children in those marriages. It also means that the same conditions that have led to the breakdown of the U.S family are still operative.
A society whose system cannot encompass all aspects of society’s needs…, and it should be apparent to all that capitalism has failed miserably in this context, is destined to produce social upheaval. The divorces, the homeless numbers…, the impoverished children throughout the land…, the perennial unemployment numbers , the crime statistics, and the day to day insecurities that plague all levels of society…, are directly attributed to this system…, capitalism.
Dr.T and his fellow pediatricians and child psychologists are invited to join us in bringing about the replacement of undemocratic Capitalism with an economic democracy. The academic community can be of tremendous help to alert We, the People, to form the required organization to make it happen. The Constitution gives us that opportunity. Our generations have the principled programs to implement a real democratic society … OUR legacy to our kids and theirs.
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