Hypnotherapy--modern equivalent of Inception.
Note: If at any point the language doesn't sound like me, don't worry, it's the alcohol talking.
I was reading the Home section of The Straits Times when I came across this article, conveniently made the front page. It was about hypnotherapy and how children and teenagers these days are climbing up the hierarchy to become a rather substantial clientele of hypnotherapist.
I don't get the point of hypnotherapy. It's supposed to work on your subconscious mind, and then get you to work on those ideas implanted when you were in a subconscious state when you're fully subconscious. Now that I've stated it out openly, it sounds kind of like Inception, right?
I don't particularly enjoy placing my life and whatever I might want to do in the future to the hands of any hypnotherapist. I don't really want to trust anyone other than myself, and to be honest, hypnotherapists can do any shit to you, Inception style. They can get you to do crimes and stuff, as according to the article.
I'd never send my children to such hypnotherapists. What if they end up getting my children to become unfilial? Nope, the possibilities are infinite and I don't want to allow them to have any kind of power over my kids, and by extension, over me. That'd suck--me, paying money for these hypnotherapists, and getting raped by these 'rapists' after they've gotten my money.
Why then do these hypnotherapists get such clients? Students definitely do not pop in voluntarily, seeking such treatment. It's always parents, these lazy-assed parents who do not want to put in too much personal effort but want to get their kids to do well in their CCAs and academics so that they can show off to their colleagues and friends and family that they are successful parents.
I don't get this trend at all. If you're really a successful parent, then shouldn't you be able to make your kid WORK? You, as a successful parent, would not have to resort to random hypnotherapists to define your child's life. You, as a successful parent, would not have to resort to Inception to get your children to listen to you. What kind of bullshit is happening to the world these days, seriously? If you're a parent and you have to resort to OTHER PEOPLE TO REIGN IN YOUR KIDS, YOU HAVE FAILED. Fuck you. Seriously, learn to lecture your child.
I know I'm not exactly a model student and model child, but I know when to be filial and when not to (which is never, because being filial never ends). I won't be paying a random person a huge sum of money (150-200 bucks per hour) just to do the job that I SHOULD BE DOING. If i need my child to do homework, I WILL GET HIM/HER TO. If i need my child to get off the computer, I will get him/her off.
I'd get him to be counselled by myself, my friends, and stuff like that. I won't resort to hypnotherapy. I don't want to leave that much of my child's fate to a random stranger's hand. I know that hypnotherapists have a code of conduct to adhere to, and that they have professional ethics to abide by, but the idea of having my child being controlled, in the absolute sense, by a person other than my spouse/me, is too disconcerting for me to accept.
If I were a respectable parent, I'd be able to:
1) Talk my child into shape
2) Beat my child into shape.
I won't have to spend so much money to get my child to abide by my rules, just so that I can fulfill my selfish intentions of being "The Best Dad In The World".
If I want my child to be the top of his level, I WILL DISCIPLINE HIM MYSELF. Why should I get a hypnotherapist to help me with parenting my child? I like to claim credit when it's due--how am I supposed to tell my relatives "No, it's not all thanks to me, I sent him to a hypnotherapist" ? I can't live with that. If I can't motivate my child, I don't expect, nor want, anyone else to do the parenting for me. It's my duty, and mine alone.
And probably the spouse, seeing as women should stay at home and be the mother. I want the upbringing of my child to remain a domestic affair. I'd beat my child up if I have to, I'd spend hours talking to him if I have to, but I'd never send him to a hypnotherapist. It's a sad state of affair of I'm able to pass upbringing of a child to a hypnotherapist. Money settles everything, why not I hire maids and nannies so that I'd never have to deal with my child personally?
Retards. Get your child in hand, get him to listen to you.
I know I don't listen to my parents. In fact, I play the computer all the time. To say that I've been granted permission by my parents would be inaccurate, because to be granted permission implies that I've asked for it once--I've never asked my parents for permission to use (play) the magic box (computer).
But if I were a parent, hypnotherapy would not be something I'd resort to. I know when I need to seek help, but working on my child in his subconscious state, while effective, remains unethical. I'd rather not tamper with his mind this way. I'd rather take up parenting myself. If I can't control my kids, it's my fault and I'd get external help. If I get external help, I'd give credit where it's due.
But hypnotherapy is seriously too convenient a way. And when something is too convenient, people turn to it. "Oh, I tried scolding my child once, it was too difficult and tiring, I'm getting a hypnotherapist." "Oh, I can't be bothered telling my child what he should do with his life because I have no goals myself, so I'd just take the easy way out and get someone else to help."
Pussies.
Don't pay others to be this much of a nanny for your kids. It doesn't work out this way.
-- 11/22/2010 07:42:00 PM
