Although it is important to finally start recognising that children are human and no less stupid than their so-called elders, I doubt very much that this is the case. But again and again articles pop up about so-called special children, most of the time called “indigo children”, “star seeds” and “crystal children”. As for instance in the article: “Leading scientists shocked by the achievements of Russian indigo-children,” that appeared on the website “The Voice of Russia” on January 17. (source)

The three invented life-boxes of a human life

The fact is that child humans like most adult humans have been forcibly squeezed into narrowed life-boxes, designed and defined by science, economics and politics since the start of the “Scientific Revolution” and the subsequent “Industrial Revolution”. As a consequence of especially the “Industrial Revolution” work or labour became only labour if it was done for third parties and was paid for by these third parties.

The payment, working hours and labour circumstances usually based on their whim and will. Slavery, and child slavery, for instance, abounded in the first period of the “Industrial Revolution”. And still does. Just read Charles Dickens, who lived during the start of it. And just look how these days so-called menial jobs, like for instance the job of supplementing products on the shelves of supermarkets, are taken over more and more by younger and younger humans or “cheap” labourers.

But not because of social and humanitarian reasons, but because of narrowed capitalistic economy reasons.

The latest whim by Australian capitalist Gina Rinehart for instance can be read on the website of the Daily Mail in the article: “World’s richest woman calls for Australians to take a pay cut – ‘because African workers are willing to earn just $2 a day’” (source). Last year already she made the news. On the website “Digital Journal” the following article appeared: “World’s richest woman says ‘jealous’ poor should work harder” in which can be read:

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