No matter what, nothing must be done to treat that little child in us badly. Treating each other with respect does not mean holding back any criticism or going soft on people who are behaving irresponsibly. It means awakening the part in others that you already respect. Again, truths spoken with respect are usually accepted gratefully. When spoken with disrespect, they are resisted.
Disrespect also paves the way for gossip, one of the most corrosive activities in community.
Finally a word about free thinking. A new culture will be created by those who gain or retake their own freedom of thought. It will be created by those who do not waver in their belief that they can realize their own dreams. Attention is power. This means that the universe is structured so that by focusing on our dream and acting toward its realization, we cannot but attract the resources, the knowledge, the people, whatever is needed to make it happen.