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What is Intelligence? 63
politics or language, like most of the Arab world, and some small parts of
Africa, Asia and South America.
So as we said, we aren’t going to seek the answers in one of their
American Harvard or Yale or wherever psychology texts or research
studies.
We are instead going to look at the knowledge that comes from intuition,
from common sense.
And the fact is this – the average little boy or girl in our society grows up
not properly cared for, not properly educated (in the true sense), not
properly loved.
But when we say loved we don’t mean the sentimental smothering and
molly-coddling that the now “social science” reprogrammed parents
imagine is correct “parenting.”
We mean, they don’t grow to be healthy, self-sufficient, balanced, aware
and mentally mature human beings.
The parents destroy them by neglect. Let’s be specific what we mean.
Tommy or Jane aged four and a half.
“Mummy, where did I come from?”
Reply
“Darling, don’t ask stupid questions. You’re too young to understand.”
Wrong answer.
The right answer is e.g.
“You were born from mummy’s body. Later when I have a moment I
will show you a tape of animals being born on a wildlife program. Or I
might even take you to the zoo or a farm and show you.”
That is not to suppose that every child will make such an enquiry so
young.