Intergenerational Coalitions
In an emotionally healthy, well-functioning family there are invisible boundaries that separate the generations. The adults have their functions such as work, financial decisions, marital sexuality, leadership and other executive roles. The kids have roles appropriate to their ages like play, school, peer socializing, perhaps some simple tasks.
In a healthy family there will be some cross-over. The adults will play with the kids sometimes or help with school work. A child might help with menu planning, shopping or care of younger children. Everyone knows the role reversals and role sharing are temporary, informal and all in the context of the real family structure where the parents are in charge and the kids are the kids, sheltered from certain adult concerns.
In some families, however, intergenerational boundaries are not so clear. This can be a problem for both adults and kids. One of the most outrageous examples of this is an incest situation, where a child is involved in an adult’s sex life. This is always extremely harmful to the child and to the marriage.
Facts About the Phal Orchid
The Phal orchid, a horticultural trade abbreviation for the Phalaenopsis type of orchids, is one of the most popular orchids on the planet. This orchid has thick, elegant leaves with arching sprays of bloom that are very appealing to the eyes. No wonder that in many homes and greenhouses, these orchids are among the most prevalent.
The Phal Orchid is also called the Moth Orchid, since it resembles an image of a moth in flight. The generic name Phalaenopsis means “Phalaen[a]-like”, combined words of the genus Phalaen and the -opsis for similarity. The name was given by Carolus Linnaeus, a Swedish botanist, zoologist and physician, to distinguish a group of large moths.
The class of the Phal Orchid can be grouped into two parts: a group with short stems, less rounded leaves, and waxy flower blooms, and a group with long branches and fully rounded flowers with shades of color white and rose.
Some Presuppositions of Humanity
“As members of the human species, future generations will be essentially the same as we are.” That is, they will have the same basic need and seek the same basic rights. By basic needs I am referring, as a minimum, to those things necessary for human survival: food, water, air, etc. I also include, negatively protection from life-destroying conditions, such as extreme temperatures, a poisoned environment, or damaging levels of radioactivity. These needs derive directly from the most basic human right, the right to exist. There are other rights and other needs, too, but the claim to them is less powerful than the claims directly associated with life itself.
“Future generations will seek their own pleasure, just as we do.” Utilitarian call this the only motivating force of human activity on the grounds that all other motives can be reduced to it. They have, therefore, proposed the general ethical principle that we should always seek to maximize human happiness and minimize human pain. Since persons born in future generations will still be part of our species, we can presume that this principle will describe their ethics as well. So the principle applies intergenerationally. We are morally obliged to seek the maximum happiness of all people, present and future.
