Toxic Socialization

Toxic Socialization (Sosteric, 2016a) is a socialization process that damages the Physical Unit, undermines human potential, and disables the body's ability to Connect and contain higher levels of Consciousness. Toxic socialization is characterized by

• Violence and Abuse.
• Neglect of needs
• Chaos in the home environment
• Destruction of attachments, including Parental Displacement)
• Indoctrination
• Intergenerational Toxicity

Notes

As this working paper indicates, the deleterious effects of violence and neglect in the childhood are well established.

"Spare the rod and spoil the child" is an admonishment to expose children to violence, an admonishment to Toxic Socialization.

Toxic socialization is implemented in order to create a docile and compliant Physical Unit with low CQ, willing to fit into the accumulation machinery of this planet (Sosteric, 2016).

John Lennon wrote Working Class Hero which is a discussion of Toxic Socialization in the context of social class exploitation.

The song wage slaves is about breaking the shackles that hold workers down in a system that depends on the diminishment of peole through manipulation and constant demeaning, to service the greed of by people in powerful positions. (VJB).

See Also

Development | Parental Displacement

Further Reading

Neufeld, Gorden & Mate, Gabor (2013). Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More than Peers. Vintage Canada.

Sosteric, M. (2018). The damage we're doing to ourselves and our children. The Conversation. [1]

Sosteric, M. (2016). The Rocket Scientists' Guide to Money and the Economy: Accumulation and Debt. St Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press.

Sosteric, Mike (2012). The Emotional Abuse of Our Children. Teachers, Schools, and the Sanctioned Violence of our Modern Institutions. Socjourn' [2]

Sosteric, Mike (2016a). Toxic Socialization. Available at [3]