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Date: 8/20/2019 6:37:44 PM
Why do some people who've had traumatic childhoods grow up and somehow NOT become serial killers or another strain of monster? Rarely do those making careers for condemning people genuinely ask that question (the answer threatens their careers).
Reading the article in the Sept. 2019 issue of Esquire about Woody Harrelson showed a good example of what I'm talking about. Woody's dad was a hitman who died in the joint during his two life bits. His dad was a coke head, abandoned Woody at a young age, and may have been part of the JFK assassination. But Woody, who was a problem child, had a mom who was dedicated to her son's success as a human being. She put Woody in a great school which Woody has said:
"The idea there was to educate and simultaneously give love to the child... it worked. I'd do something that was wrong or violent, and they'd treat me with love."
You can see the effect of his rearing, that school, in Woody's personality. He's a weirdo with a sick imagination and sense of humor (like me :)), but it stays within his movies. It isn't demonstrated in his interactions with people. He has restraint, empathy—apparently learned from his loving rearing.
While love may not save every troubled kid, it can save some. Unfortunately, those holding the system reins don't see this, or don't want to...
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