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On this episode of ‘Grab A Glass’, DT shares a thought about the responsibility we owe the world's children.

Episode Transcript

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The bas right and the arbiance isnice. Gonna keep it flattening tears on
the line. Chickens have a lofts, so craver loved. I've come to

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understand that being someone that is ledby morality and humanity comes with having to
decide what gets a reaction and whatdoesn't, what issues get spoken to,
and which ones need silence and time, Who to trip out on, who

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to fucking crash out on like amug, and who to let stu in
being ignored, Who to try toeducate and bring along with me, and
who to leave in their ignorance.I thought for a time that all adults
grappled with that, but I thinkI've slowly been forced to recognize that again,

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that really is only on the tablefor those of us that are willing
to see the world outside of ourselvesand consider other people in other circumstances,
other situations, from other cultures,other places, etc. There aren't too
many things these days because of thatsort of I guess work that will get

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me to come out of my bagthese days, not on a personal level.
That is a famous rapper and oneof my favorites. You should know
who this is said, no morebeefing with rappers. It's just murder or
nothing. And while that's extreme,a fly line, but extreme and doesn't

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necessarily apply to my life perfectly oryours. Hopefully, it does speak to
a decision that emotionally intelligent people haveto make when and where to stand on
business. If it's not that deep, it doesn't really deserve that back and
forth many people would give it.But as I, like many of the

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astute listeners of a podcast called Graba Glass, as I am on a
path towards emotional intelligence and the freedomand peace that it brings. One thing
I've had to grapple with is thesheer of our children, our children,

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the world's children. My favorite writer, again you should know who this is,
once said the children are always ours, every single one of them,
all over the globe. And I'mbeginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of
recognizing this may be incapable of morality. Or I am saying, in other

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words, that we, the elders, are the only models children have.
What we see in the children iswhat they have seen in us, or
more accurately, perhaps what they seein us. End quote. As a
new father, I feel an obligation, of course, to my son to

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be an example for him to follow, a teacher, a disciplinarian when needed,
even though at this point he's incredibleand has not needed any discipline whatsoever,
a guide, a sounding board eventhough he's not really talking but eventually
right, all those things. ButI also feel an obligation to other children

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first in how I raise my son, because ultimately I think how he enters
society will have an effect on setother kids, but in my own personal
actions as well. To me,that's black and white. That's just the
truth of it. That's just thefact. You ever see a kid in
the mall or on the street oroutside of a school too late without anyone

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and wonder where are their parents?Are they? Okay? You ever see
a kid without a coat when it'scold and think why don't they have a
coat? See a kid out sellingcandy at an event and feel a way
about the fact that they had todo that in order to participate in whatever
activity that requires them to do that, parent or not, because I know

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that there are people who listening tothis who aren't parents that don't feel that
way, even though I felt thatway prior to being a parent, and
now it's even more strong parent ornot as adults with fully formed frontal core
texas and cognition for consequences. Asadults, we ought to feel something for

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every child we come in contact withfrom an innate, instinctual standpoint. But
the reality of the hour here inJune of twenty twenty four, through clear
and horrific images every day Stateside,in the Middle East and everywhere, frankly,

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is that adults are failing kids inwaves, in big ways, in
bad ways, in fucking deadly ways. So I say this as a rule
of thumb, as a boundary,and as a way of being. And

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it applies to the children of Gaza, to the kids in Chicago without guidance,
to the children of the Congo,to the kids who get expelled from
schools in the South for having theirhair and braids, to my little five
month old son, as it appliesto him in a present situation. If

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you expect my child to endure somethingthat you wouldn't dare allow your child to
experience, you're sick. I repeat, if you expect my child or any
other child that's not your own,to endure something that you wouldn't fucking dare

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allow your child to experience you aresick. And I, as a father
and as someone that believes the childrenaround this globe deserve the same humanity as
my little boy, I won't toleratea drop of that sickness. I won't
keep that ignorance away from me.Keep it the fuck away from me,

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or I'll have to stand on business. I have something to say about it,
clearly and definitively. My name isDavid Thomas, David Gerard Thomas.
Cheers everybody, Love y'all, thanksfor listening. The BA