THE NON-EXISTENT KENNEDY CURSE
…The more progeny you sent out into the world, the greater the risk
of sickness, accidents and death. Years ago, families had more children
because they knew that one or several could die from disease.
Reading Edward Klein’s“The Kennedy Curse,” occasioned the above opinion.
For example, when Ethel Kennedy has eleven children she has exposed her large brood
to more risk than, say, someone who has two or three children. When Joseph and Rose
Kennedy have nine children, the chances for mishaps are more likely because of the
sheer number of children in harm's way.
Money also can play a role. The children of the rich often grow up to be risk
takers. They feel invulnerable. As adults, they have access to fast cars. They fly
their own private planes, drugs are easily attainable, and there is no dearth of
companions who may not have their best interests at heart.
If the Kennedy’s are cursed, it is the curse of sheer numbers, and to a lesser
extent the sense of entitlement that children feel when they begin to
notice that they are not like their fellows; They have more than a few coins
jingling in their pockets, Sometimes a driver in a long black car is waiting
outside school to take them safely home. They can go to movies and pay
for everyone’s ticket.. They begin to feel pleasantly set apart and and unassailable.
That’s when the risk-taking and derring-do begin, especially with boys.
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