Children held a very special place in the hearts of hippies.
We vowed never to grow up,
we called ourselves children of the universe, star children and things like that.
Children are pure, clear eyed, and largely unwearied by this cynical world.
We held children in very high esteem.
We knew that sooner or later parenthood would cause us
to have to make many uncomfortable decisions
about our uncompromising quest for unrestricted freedom.
In the movie Woodstock John Sebastion sings about the kinds of things
we might hear from our own children someday:
"Hey, Pop...My girlfriends only three,
she's got her own videophones
and she's a takin LSD.
And now that we're best friends
she wants to give a taste to me...
But hey, Pop...How come you're tuning green..."
From the hippy point of view, everything begins and ends with the children.
In fact the same movie begins with a song from CS&N written about Woodstock:
"I came upon a child of God,
He was walking along the road,
and I asked him 'Where are you going?
'this he told me.
He said 'I'm going on down to Yasquer's farm
going to join in a rock and roll band.
Gonna camp out on the land,
and try to set my soul free."
And of course there's the unforgettable rock classic by the same band, "Teach Your Children":
"Teach, them all your dreams
the ones they pick
are the ones you'll know by."
And then there was one of the very most popular posters
that you would find just wherever you found hippies,
copies of an original artwork painted by a nun.
"War is not healthy
for children
and other living things."
We vowed never to grow up,
we called ourselves children of the universe, star children and things like that.
Children are pure, clear eyed, and largely unwearied by this cynical world.
We held children in very high esteem.
We knew that sooner or later parenthood would cause us
to have to make many uncomfortable decisions
about our uncompromising quest for unrestricted freedom.
In the movie Woodstock John Sebastion sings about the kinds of things
we might hear from our own children someday:
"Hey, Pop...My girlfriends only three,
she's got her own videophones
and she's a takin LSD.
And now that we're best friends
she wants to give a taste to me...
But hey, Pop...How come you're tuning green..."
From the hippy point of view, everything begins and ends with the children.
In fact the same movie begins with a song from CS&N written about Woodstock:
"I came upon a child of God,
He was walking along the road,
and I asked him 'Where are you going?
'this he told me.
He said 'I'm going on down to Yasquer's farm
going to join in a rock and roll band.
Gonna camp out on the land,
and try to set my soul free."
And of course there's the unforgettable rock classic by the same band, "Teach Your Children":
"Teach, them all your dreams
the ones they pick
are the ones you'll know by."
And then there was one of the very most popular posters
that you would find just wherever you found hippies,
copies of an original artwork painted by a nun.
"War is not healthy
for children
and other living things."
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