Who is responsible for raising children?
In a college course I taught, we debated the government's role in "raising" kids. I said it was inappropriate of the government to create laws like anti-bullying and to force games like Grand Theft Auto to have a "mature" label. One of my students vehemently disagreed with me saying she is a single parent, and she doesn't always have time to track everything her child does. She said she couldn't be everywhere her child was to make sure her child was safe or making smart decisions. I thought to myself, "Maybe you shouldn't have become a parent," but I didn't say it. I'm sure I would have been called insensitive. Is it the government's responsibility to create anti-bullying laws and put labels on CDs and games to help parents, or is it the parent(s)' responsibility to monitor and inform their own kids? Here is an anti-bullying story from my hometown: (http://www.dmregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070125/NEWS/70125035/1001)
Are we all responsible for everything that happens to us?
No, but you are responsible for your reaction to it.Playing a victim will only get you so far in life. Now that whatever happened, happened there is nothing you can do to change that. For instance, if you are mugged, the fact that you were will always be with you. There are numerous actions you could take after the event. You can try to track them down and persecute them to the fullest extent of the law. You can decide the world is now unsafe and carry a weapon or take defense classes. You can withdraw from everything and hid in your room forever. You can choose to use your experience to educate others. You can drag out your story at every social gathering you attend and play the victim to the fullest. The possibilities are endless.My mother had an early stage breast cancer that was caught and removed and done. She started to go to all the walks and tell people that she was a “survivor”. I asked her one day if that was what she wanted to be; if she wanted to narrow her incredibly full and rich life down to that one instance.You have to ask yourself how you want to define you. Whatever happened is now part of your story. Nobody has reliably invented a working time machine so changing your past is, for now, not possible. Life is a learning experience. Things happen and, hopefully, we learn from it and come out better.
How can God never be responsible for anything bad that happens in his creation?
Not sure from the tone of the question that this is worth the effort, but here's a quick answer:Your analogy is incomplete. There's a reason Disney World gets parodied as Duloc, the "perfect" castle in the Shrek movies. Disney World is for visiting, not living, and the control factor is racheted waaay up. Remember the puppet show at the entrance to Duloc? Does anybody actually want to live like that? Call me an ogre, but I like my freedom, even if it has consequences.It's also a misconception that God never takes the blame for bad things that happen. He certainly owned sending plagues on Egypt. He admits to sending judgment on various cities. He acquiesces to the trials of Job. But are these things actually bad? That's a matter of perspective.Our sense of "bad" is based in a very temporal, earth-bound frame of reference. In this framework, things that hurt us, upset us, or kill us are "bad". In an eternal view, none of these things are inherently bad. "Bad" applies to actions and beliefs that affect our eternal disposition, not our temporary situation. To give an analogy, it's like saying vaccines are bad because the shot hurts. But in a slightly longer view, the outcome of the "bad" action (the painful shot) is worth it. Of course, none of this matters to anyone who doesn't buy into the concept of an eternal soul, God, heaven, or hell. But if you want to "blame" God, it's a package deal. You get the omnipresent, omniscient, all-powerful, all-responsible God who sometimes sends/allows "bad" things. But you also get a world view that says our life is much more than our short existence in these bodies, and that everything that happens (good or bad) is meant for our eternal benefit.There has been such an emphasis on "prosperity gospel" and material benefits that most people of faith have lost their sense of what "bad" really is. When they lose their eternal perspective, they begin to spread the idea, "thank God for the good and blame others for the bad." Few of them will ever say, as Job did, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD."**Job 1:21, English Standard Version
Within the areas of your responsibility, what are things you could improve or build upon?
Thanks 4 A2A :)Be a genuine person. Be what you are.Confident person.MatureUnderstanding.Self driven.A good leaderGood speaker.Patience full.Peaceful.Happy.Healthy.Content.Knowledge full.and so on...All the best :)
In "The Things They Carried" what particular trauma is responsible for Lt.Cross's current psychological state?
It's by Tim O'Brien. Was it the killings of his troops. Like he didn't have his mind on war and that was affecting their mission. But what do you think? I just don't know whats right?