The Damage We’re Doing to Our Children and Ourselves
This article expands the analysis of Toxic Socialization by highlighting how structural abuse and normalized trauma undermine both child and adult well-being. Sosteric describes how routine forms of emotional, psychological, and physical violence are embedded in child-rearing, schooling, and even popular entertainment, producing what the Lightning Path identifies as chronic Disconnection from the Fabric of Consciousness. The article stresses that this condition is systemically reproduced, not accidental, and calls for an urgent reevaluation of “normal” parenting and educational practice.
Sosteric, M. (2018, June 24). The damage we’re doing to our children and ourselves. The Conversation.
- Original URL: https://theconversation.com/the-damage-were-doing-to-our-children-and-ourselves-97894
- Canonical URL: https://repo.lightningpath.org/articles/journalistic-pieces/the-conversation/files/the-damage-we-are-doing-to-ourselves-and-our-children.pdf
- Type: Public Sociology / LP Structural Analysis
- Keywords: Toxic Socialization, Disconnection, Needs, Ideology, Trauma, Childhood Abuse, Mental Health
Theoretical Integration
This article exemplifies mid-level application of the Human Development Framework, providing a practical bridge between Lightning Path theory and mainstream social critique. It draws from:
- Toxic Socialization: Systemic abuse normalized by capitalist institutions and ideologies.
- Needs Deprivation: Frames child neglect as a structural outcome, not individual failure.
- Disconnection: Emotional deadening, behavioral dysregulation, and spiritual amnesia resulting from systemic trauma.
- Ideology: Identifies the ideological occlusion of abuse as a key obstacle to reform and healing.
It implicitly calls for a transition toward Connection-Centered Parenting and LP-aligned educational systems.
Relevance to Avatar.Global
This piece should be used as a primer for those seeking to diagnose the normative violence built into parenting, pedagogy, and adult-child power structures. It provides empirical scaffolding for implementing LP-aligned child development frameworks and decolonizing psychological interventions.
Recommended for:
- Parent/educator training
- Social work and child protection critique
- Anyone tasked with child/youth-centered systems transformation