What Merits Do We Have To Protect?

I propose a hypothetical situation: If a doctor tells a patient that they’re fine even when they aren’t, in the name of protecting them, it becomes a medical crime. However, the doctor was trying to protect their patient. I mean sure, everyone out here thinks that they need to protect someone. Parents try to protect their children. Siblings protect each other and so do friends. We all want the best for the people we love. That’s a basic fact. So why do we suffocate them in the name of protection? It’s a controversial topic, that’s for sure. No one wants to be told how to take care of the people they love, but the fact is that sometime protection can become toxic. Coming back to the doctor situation, the way I look at it at least, it’s clear that intentions don’t define actions to an extent. In another situation of a mother trying to protect her young child from the realities of the world, it is valid for her to be overbearing to ensure that her child is on the right path in life. Should this mother continue to do this for her child after they become an adult? I firmly believe that to be untrue and quite frankly the start of problems. While there may be validity in the actions, it is also important for the child to be exposed to the world. The fact is the mother cannot protect her child forever. So, when that child starts their journey on their own, never in a million years will they be able to adapt immediately. In the end, the mother’s influence would have done more harm than good.

Still, the topic is (and most probably will always be) controversial.

 

Signing off for now,

Reality Sucks

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  1. Gayatri ASeptember 11, 2023 at 8:39 PM

    I like how you have included the controversy about the balance between protection and overbearing or toxic protection. It is very important to know the boundary as mentioned. It determines the nature of people and how they can go miles to protect their circle, but is it actually ethical to do it all the time to all age groups?

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