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The Modern Child




Born scientifically, Studied terrifically,
Clothed very carefully, Dieted sparefully,
Aired systematically, Bathed most emphatically,
Played with quite drearily, Punished insincerely,
Sweet infantility, Steeped in gentility,
Santa Claus banished, Mother Goose vanished,
Where are the babies, The real human babies,
The olden times knew?

Harnessed scolastically,
Drilled super drastically, Cultured prodigiously,
Levtured religiously, Classified rigidly,
Reasoned with frigidly, Loved analytically,
Dosed with the "ologies", Rushed through the colleges,
Crammed pedagogically, Finished most logically,
Where is the childhood, The fresh happy childhood,
The olden times knew?

Children sucessively, Reared thus aggressively,
Posing eternally, Wearied infernally,
Planned for initially, "Formed" artificially,
Will they submit to it? Never cry "QUIT" to it?
Will not analysis Stop the paralysis?
Till our distraction Ends with reaction,
Brings back childhood, The bright, careless childhood,
The olden times knew!

Author: James F. Morton, Jnr.
Taken from "The Philosopher's scrapbook" compiled by Monty Blandford
Hallcraft Publishing Company Pty. Ltd. 1950