One of the things that is uppermost on my mind is the ongoing battle to keep my child from the harm that passes as help.
I had to insist, over and over again, on the right not to have the epidural, so she might be saved from forceps or caesarean and those complications they can bring.
I had to fight again and again over whether they could inject her with hepatitis B vaccine the moment she was born (I said no) -- because we are Aboriginal, it is virtually mandatory. Why? because there is believed to be a greater risk our children will be sexually abused or use IV drugs. racism is making massive profits for the manufacturer of Hep B vaccine.
We are supposed to poison our children from their first breath. There are now so many vaccines on the shedule, our children are bombarded with chemicals and dire diseases every two months for the first 12 months (and every six months after that) and the reality of their side-effects and overall hit-and-miss effectiveness is kept from people unless they dig and dig and dig. I chose not to risk the harm of all those chemicals. Thanks to the online mum's group I'd been with, I heard about these 'conscientious objectors' forms. I got one from my doctor and got it filled out. lucky. because when I took bear for her routine 12 month check at community health the nurse told me if I did not have that form, she was now legally obliged to report me to child welfare for neglect... the same would be true if bear needed to go to hospital for any reason (even a broken limb for example), the hospital has to report me. one of my own brothers is autistic thanks to vaccine reaction, that's what my choice is -- to be regarded as a bad parent by society, or to be feel like a criminal parent in my soul by giving in and risking autism, diabetes, immune problems, excema, ear infections and respiratory illnesses, to name just a few of the sideeffects of so many vaccines.
our children should be our hope that we can make a beter world, but the moment we become parents in Australia, we are bombarded with red tape and expectations we will produce a good little programmed unit, one who sleeps eats and poops on cue. "you pick that child up when they ask all the time and you will make them a dependent spoiled brat". 'The only way to make your child sleep all night is to just start ignoring them when they cry". 'you breastfeed them too often, it's not good for them, get them on a routine'. and on it goes.
the time of actual childhood is now about four years before schooling takes over. now we are told we should fill those four years with pre-school and early learning via electronica and structured activities for a fee, or our child will be behind.
simple things like fresh air, clean non-chemically laden water, healthy food from close to the source and abundant love and opportunities for discovery without adult-imposed structure are not seen as the basic building blocks for a healthy human anymore, to take the ancient path is to be regarded as 'wierd', faddish or 'nuage'.. this is how the original people's have their children stolen now, by stealth, by slow erosion of natural traditional choices and practices. by being separated into individual homes away from kinship networks, sealed behind brick walls so no-one can hear the baby crying in the night.
it takes a large part of courage to stand between a child and the fictions and the machines they drive. it takes a lot of love to find hope instead of fear for the future. in our children, our ancestor's stories can either find fresh breath or die in our own mouths. which shall it be?
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just a few thoughts, I may add when I have rested again. Other thoughts from parents at the fire?
with love
cuz2all
I had to insist, over and over again, on the right not to have the epidural, so she might be saved from forceps or caesarean and those complications they can bring.
I had to fight again and again over whether they could inject her with hepatitis B vaccine the moment she was born (I said no) -- because we are Aboriginal, it is virtually mandatory. Why? because there is believed to be a greater risk our children will be sexually abused or use IV drugs. racism is making massive profits for the manufacturer of Hep B vaccine.
We are supposed to poison our children from their first breath. There are now so many vaccines on the shedule, our children are bombarded with chemicals and dire diseases every two months for the first 12 months (and every six months after that) and the reality of their side-effects and overall hit-and-miss effectiveness is kept from people unless they dig and dig and dig. I chose not to risk the harm of all those chemicals. Thanks to the online mum's group I'd been with, I heard about these 'conscientious objectors' forms. I got one from my doctor and got it filled out. lucky. because when I took bear for her routine 12 month check at community health the nurse told me if I did not have that form, she was now legally obliged to report me to child welfare for neglect... the same would be true if bear needed to go to hospital for any reason (even a broken limb for example), the hospital has to report me. one of my own brothers is autistic thanks to vaccine reaction, that's what my choice is -- to be regarded as a bad parent by society, or to be feel like a criminal parent in my soul by giving in and risking autism, diabetes, immune problems, excema, ear infections and respiratory illnesses, to name just a few of the sideeffects of so many vaccines.
our children should be our hope that we can make a beter world, but the moment we become parents in Australia, we are bombarded with red tape and expectations we will produce a good little programmed unit, one who sleeps eats and poops on cue. "you pick that child up when they ask all the time and you will make them a dependent spoiled brat". 'The only way to make your child sleep all night is to just start ignoring them when they cry". 'you breastfeed them too often, it's not good for them, get them on a routine'. and on it goes.
the time of actual childhood is now about four years before schooling takes over. now we are told we should fill those four years with pre-school and early learning via electronica and structured activities for a fee, or our child will be behind.
simple things like fresh air, clean non-chemically laden water, healthy food from close to the source and abundant love and opportunities for discovery without adult-imposed structure are not seen as the basic building blocks for a healthy human anymore, to take the ancient path is to be regarded as 'wierd', faddish or 'nuage'.. this is how the original people's have their children stolen now, by stealth, by slow erosion of natural traditional choices and practices. by being separated into individual homes away from kinship networks, sealed behind brick walls so no-one can hear the baby crying in the night.
it takes a large part of courage to stand between a child and the fictions and the machines they drive. it takes a lot of love to find hope instead of fear for the future. in our children, our ancestor's stories can either find fresh breath or die in our own mouths. which shall it be?
******
just a few thoughts, I may add when I have rested again. Other thoughts from parents at the fire?
with love
cuz2all