Elephants and Crocodiles

Every parent, grandparent, neighbor and teacher needs to know the difference between raising elephants and raising crocodiles.

Baby elephants grow to adulthood as either productive, friendly animals or destructive beasts. In some countries, elephants become man’s best friend and partner in labor. Others are circus performers, entertaining child and adult alike with their tricks.

But there are also baby pachyderms who grow into violent creatures; they live only for the joy of crushing people and property beneath their huge feet or with their powerful trunks.

The elephant’s early training and treatment determine what way he will develop.

Baby crocodiles, on the other hand, have no chance. They emerge from their eggs deadly killers, waiting until they reach full biological growth to practice the violence inbred within them. Unchangeable, they follow a destructive direction from birth to death.

Unlike the crocodile, the young of the human species are not born bad; they are made bad. Those who are sexually molested, verbally abused, or physically or emotionally neglected, are in serious danger of growing into crocodiles. It is estimated that 80% of all the males and females convicted of crimes were abused children, youngsters imbued with the killer instinct for violence.

Take a good, long look at your own child. Are you raising him to be a crocodile or an elephant? Whether you’re a parent, grandparent, neighbor, teacher etc. of a child and you don’t like what you see, don’t waste your time crying crocodile tears. Set your sights on getting that child and the adult raising him help before it’s too late. Help is there, from Parents Anonymous, the hospital in your area and many other local, state and federal child abuse centers.