In those cases, the parents were encouraged to "crush" the tablets and give them in smaller pieces and this recommendation was clearly helpful.
In 1956 the Hungarians revolted, were similarly encouraged, and similarly crushed by the Soviet Union, without outside assistance.
Of course, they also need to be given a realistic sense of what they can achieve so that they can feel motivated and encouraged rather than crushed.
In fact, my mother encouraged my crush on Donny by encouraging what would eventually take seed and turn into a lasting love: writing.
"First time I came here, I thought, My job is to encourage this guy, not crush him," he said.
I often wonder whether she would be delighted that the elites are creaming it off, or saddened that the modest aspirations of the petty bourgeoisie and skilled workers, which she encouraged, are now being crushed.
Yes, this late capitalist dystopia is very far from Thatcher's 'property owning democracy.' I often wonder whether she would be delighted that the elites are creaming it off, or saddened that the modest aspirations of the petty bourgeoisie and skilled workers, which she encouraged, are now being crushed.
"The steamroller of big finance," she says, "is being allowed, no, encouraged, progressively to crush out all innovative and creative, locally generated activities".
Our campaign against elephant poaching supports Space for Giants, a Kenya-based charity which protects elephants from the increasingly militarized tactics of traffickers and poachers and encourages governments to crush their illegal stockpiles.
Developing countries, led by Brazil, are anxious to overhaul this system, which they say encourages overproduction and crushes the livelihood of their farmers as products subsidized by rich nations depress global food prices.
