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> >In what way are you involved? Do you assist parents who are unfamiliar  
> with the concept?
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I wasn't neglecting the question.  Like so many things touched on in this 
thread, if only I could convey the reality that our society at large, and 
most of 
you here as a product of that society, are hopelessly bound and fettered, 
stewed and marinated in the precept of schooling.  So much so that it has 
become 
undiscernable background noise.  For me to answer that question, and several 
others, with any hope of conveying anything useful and having a meaningful 
exchange on the subject, I would needs have to find a way to turn down the 
volume 
of that background noise even if for just a few moments so you could hear the 
silence behind it.

By your leave, I'd like to try to do that first.  Although it is a pity you 
aren't a LotR fan because there is a scene in the flick and the book where 
Gimli (whom I resemble) calmly contemplates their futile plans to storm the 
gates 
of Mordor and says, "Certain doom.  Small chance of success.  What are we 
waiting for!"  The propsects of cracking the shell of schooling are very slim 
indeed.  Marie talks about bright smiling faces in writing class absolutely 
unable 
to see the extent to which schooling has shaped our thinking and limited the 
scope of our perceptions.

None the less, you might find it amusing.  Might.   </HTML>