Moving toward the consensus offers clarity and comfort in what would otherwise be a blur of uncertainty. Gravitating toward general principals helps us feel we are doing the right thing. We rely on others to think for us. The tendency of looking outside for answers has rendered mothers and fathers virtually incapable of listening to their own feelings. Their hearts will pull one way, but consensus moves them in the other direction.
Instinct is how parents and babies talk to one another.
If we are out of step with Nature, we can not be in step with our instincts. It is therefore impossible to hear what a child is trying to communicate. If emotional and verbal connections are not cultivated in infancy, children and adolescents will harbor an accumulation of uncommunicated, unfavorable feelings toward their parents. Parents who have been de-sensitized from their intuition will not be able to read their children and understand their needs as they grow. Young people translate the lack of connection and responsiveness from their parents as apathy.