Posted by Gregory of Yardale
The "experts" are telling parents that notions of having a best friend are bourgeois and atavistic. In the era of hope and change, children should have many comrades.
The classic best-friend bond -- the two special pals who share secrets and exploits, who gravitate to each other on the playground and who head out the door together every day after school -- signals potential trouble for school officials intent on discouraging anything that hints of exclusivity, because of concerns about bullying.
Christine Laycob, director of counseling at Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School in St. Louis: "We try to talk to kids and work with them to get them to have big groups of friends and not be so possessive about friends.Parents sometimes say Johnny needs that one special friend. We say he doesn't need a best friend."
Yeah, we can't have kids forming bonds of trust and loyalty with other individuals. They might learn the lesson that it's better to rely on another human being instead of the state. Besides, they'll be better off if they hang out with a pack of other comrades. What's the worst that could happen?
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