Natural, Logical Occurrence

The natural time for young adult men and women to bear children is during puberty, between the ages of twelve and sixteen (and for some people, up to the age of twenty.) [In civilized societies girls reach menarchy an average of two to three years earlier than in primitive societies, probably due to dietary factors, so I think twelve is too soon to be considered "natural". Fourteen is probably the low end of the range - DSH.] At this point in life, all of the necessary human physical, mental and emotional systems for bearing and raising children are ready and in place. All of the animal species still follow the laws of natural, logical occurrence and bear their young at the onset of sexual maturity. The same thing is also true for many so-called primitive and Third World societies, who still live in a natural, reality-oriented existence. Up until 150 years ago, most young adults In Western societies also followed the laws of nature. However, with the onset of the Industrial Revolution, bodies were needed to work on assembly lines and natural reality began to break down. Then, children were moved from the factories to the classrooms, and the conditioned existence of formal education replaced all reality-oriented ways of life, including the bearing and raising of children by young adults during puberty.

There are many who would argue that it is better for young adults to wait until they are older, at least in their twenties, before having children, because a twentytwo-year-old adult is, at least potentially, more mature than someone of fourteen or fifteen years of age. Although there may be an element of truth to this statement, all natural reality points to the fact that bearing and raising children is an important aspect of the maturation process. Under the influence of the conditioned existence called education, this aspect of the maturation process is completely missing in young adults from Western societies. Young adults between the ages of twelve and sixteen, up to the age of twenty, need to discover physical-world reality through their own life experiences. Bearing and raising children allows young adults to discover the miracle of life and death, at a time in their lives when they are intensely interested in babies and in how little people work. You may have already noticed that most teen-age babysitters between twelve and sixteen often demonstrate more interest and personal investment in the children who are entrusted to them than the children's parents do. Through the bearing and raising of children, young adults discover real human needs. They learn about responsibility, and young men learn about the nature of the male role in society. Because bearing and raising children allows young adults to discover reality, it also builds character, something that must be accomplished during adolescence.

Today, when young American men and women follow the laws of natural, logical occurrence and have children during their adolescent years, they become a social embarrassment and are treated as failures and social outcasts. In fact, there is no support in American society for anything that would allow a young adult to discover physical-world reality and build character. They are not allowed to travel, or to train or work in a field of interest, or to do anything that would allow them to assume their rightful place in adult society. The only reason that most people cannot imagine young men and women between twelve and sixteen raising children is because schools turn young adults into immature, emotional babies by not allowing them to take their place In the world. If a sixteen-year-old Bolivian woman and mother of two from a simple mountain village were asked to make her way in American society, she would be more likely to find a means of surviving than almost any sixteen-year-old American teen-ager in high school. Through bearing and raising her children, the Bolivian woman has gained a better understanding of reality and of how the physical world works. In fact, the sixteen year-old American woman, if asked to make her way in the world, may have to become a prostitute in order to survive, since that is more than likely the only reality-oriented skill she has.

Because having and raising children during adolescence is no longer supported as a natural part of the maturation process, a vital and important step in the development of young adults Is completely missing, leaving teen-agers to engage in all kinds of empty, useless and even destructive behaviors. The most significant thing in most teen-agers' lives today is styling their hair, putting on make-up and buying the latest designer jeans. But what Is even more destructive is that by the time women today do bear their children, they are no longer interested in having and raising children. Women of twenty-five to thirty-five, and even forty, years of age, have already filled their lives up with personal and career interests. They do not have any room in their lives for children, which is, in part, why so many children end up in day-care centers as orphans. Women who are twenty-two and older are past the point where they are mentally and emotionally equipped to have and raise children. All of the physical, mental and emotional systems for having and raising children that are energetically ready and in place during adolescence are all closed down by the time women get into their midtwenties. Women at thirty are ready to be grandmothersl

All living organisms, except human beings in educated societies, bear and raise their young at the onset of sexual maturity. All natural reality points to this obvious fact. If human beings were not intended to bear and raise children in their adolescent years, they would not develop the physical apparatus or the mental and emotional interest in sex and reproduction during these years. If human beings were meant to bear and raise children at 25 or 35 years of age, then that is when their bodies would mature and become capable of reproduction. This is so obvious that it is difficult to describe. Only in the madness of modern education have people come to ignore natural, logical occurrence, including the natural ability, interest and instinct of young adults to bear and raise children.