And so they are expelled. Likewise, predators within a species are not tolerated. They are banished, avoided or killed. To survive, our human pack, the family, must make protecting our own a priority. Rather than making their survival, and the survival of our species, an unquestioned priority, we watch indifferently while the evolution of cruelty continues.
Evolution is a race, a relay race, with the baton passed from generation to generation.
The competition is between those who value children as the seedlings of our species and those who value them as vassals and victims. We are not winning this race. And we cannot, unless and until we change our priorities and our conduct. All the pious rhetoric on the planet will not save one child. Our Search For Love Unconditional love is a popular talk-show topic, but it is little understood.