KidsWill be Kids!

Although, it may not seem obvious to anyone that has watched horses shoving, biting, kicking and squealing at one another, the establishment of a dominance pecking order among horses is actually a way to avoid violence. A study of free range domestic ponies on the isle of Rhum in Scotland found that more than 80% of aggressive encounters between animals consisted of threats with the head alone (pinning back the ears and extending the neck) and that kicks or threats to kick were rare. A horse put into a new group of horses will usually find its place in the pecking order within a day and a half. Fifty years ago, the toughest kid on the playground could have maintained his status as coolest kid also, if he wasn't a bully. If he was a bully the mob would jump him, thus keeping a balance of limited violence. Kids of today are stuffed full of blood violence, crime violence, drug violence and domestic violence, then told to be NICE at school. Video games and Hollywood are teaching our children that when they get to be an adult, anything goes! All the while, the left wing educators have been gravitating towards some kind of phantom utopia with not so much as a verbal warning allowed in a true to life pecking order. Due to hurt feelings in tee ball, the scoreboard has been done away with. Horses learn from early on, the balance between kindness, aggression, leadership, subservience, winning, losing and when it's none of their business! Maybe a good lesson for young humans as well? A good, old fashioned, second grade knuckle bumpin' may have adverted disasters, such as Columbine.