You can kiss the family goodbye. Free love denies attachment, commitment, and deep affection. "Free love" is an oxymoron -- no one can love you if the goal is to go around fuck one another with no restraint. Even swans stay with their partners for life! Oh and yeah, they're beautiful too. — L'éléphant
It takes a village to raise a child. — unenlightened
Even those incline to feminist propaganda speeches. — Banno
Do you believe this is really feasible? — ithinkthereforeidontgiveaf
Certainly. You have heard of adoption ? — unenlightened
I think it does because for a healthy paternity to exist, there must be strong emotional ties, and for something to be strong, it must be recurrent. Especially talking about social relationships. — ithinkthereforeidontgiveaf
Don't you think the "Father figure" and the "Mother figure" play both a special role? — ithinkthereforeidontgiveaf
I think it does because for a healthy paternity to exist, there must be strong emotional ties, and for something to be strong, it must be recurrent. Especially talking about social relationships. — ithinkthereforeidontgiveaf
what I am referring to is the fact that practicing "Free love" (I usually put this term between quotation marks because it has many connotations) is not feasible in a healthy family. Or maybe it is. The latter possibility is why I am writing this... — ithinkthereforeidontgiveaf
I just, lately, thought about it harder than usual, and then the question came to light: What about families?
Maybe I am not personally the kind of person that is able to form a family and that is okay; but most people... That should be somehow alarming. Why? Because think about it... Think about a family in which they are "Free" to give love (real, familiar love) to whoever they eventually want. — ithinkthereforeidontgiveaf
"Free love" ) is not feasible in a healthy family. — ithinkthereforeidontgiveaf
and that the nuclear family is one of the most stressful and dysfunctional there is; and at that, it is more often than not a mere pretence. — unenlightened
So, my question is, how is (real, healthy, affectionate) family feasible with this "Free love" philosophy in place, which I share? — ithinkthereforeidontgiveaf
a stable foundation and variable experiences to maximize brain development. — Possibility
The thing is, is "Free love" a problem when it is practiced massively? Maybe we are creating a sightly pathological/weak community. — ithinkthereforeidontgiveaf
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