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| Children are being forced to grow up too fast in modern society, the Archbishop of Canterbury is expected to say in his Christmas Day sermon. | Children are being forced to grow up too fast in modern society, the Archbishop of Canterbury is expected to say in his Christmas Day sermon. |
| Children need "nourishment and stability", Rowan Williams will say in his Canterbury Cathedral sermon. | Children need "nourishment and stability", Rowan Williams will say in his Canterbury Cathedral sermon. |
| Dr Williams will add that driving children to independence can lead to "misery and exploitation". | Dr Williams will add that driving children to independence can lead to "misery and exploitation". |
| The Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols, used his homily to urge people to look "closer to home" for happiness. | The Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols, used his homily to urge people to look "closer to home" for happiness. |
| Dr Williams will say being "dependent" on parents does not have to be seen in a bad light | |
| "There is a dependence that is about simply receiving what we need to live; there is a dependence that is about how we learn and grow. | "There is a dependence that is about simply receiving what we need to live; there is a dependence that is about how we learn and grow. |
| "And part of our human problem is that we mix this up with passive dependency and, in - quite rightly - trying to avoid passivity we get trapped in the fantasy that we don't need to receive and to learn." | "And part of our human problem is that we mix this up with passive dependency and, in - quite rightly - trying to avoid passivity we get trapped in the fantasy that we don't need to receive and to learn." |
| As we learn how to be gratefully dependent, we learn how to attend to and respond to the dependence of others Dr Rowan Williams Archbishop of Canterbury Archbishop of Wales' message | As we learn how to be gratefully dependent, we learn how to attend to and respond to the dependence of others Dr Rowan Williams Archbishop of Canterbury Archbishop of Wales' message |
| He will also encourage parents to treasure the dependency of their children and that driving them to become independent beings can lead to misery and exploitation. | He will also encourage parents to treasure the dependency of their children and that driving them to become independent beings can lead to misery and exploitation. |
| "We have over the long millennia of human existence created a whole culture in which there is a basic impatience about learning - we want to get to the point where we can say, 'OK that's enough, I know what I need to know' - and about receiving," he will say. | "We have over the long millennia of human existence created a whole culture in which there is a basic impatience about learning - we want to get to the point where we can say, 'OK that's enough, I know what I need to know' - and about receiving," he will say. |
| "We don't want to be indebted to others, we want to stand on our own two feet." | "We don't want to be indebted to others, we want to stand on our own two feet." |
| 'Sustaining happiness' | 'Sustaining happiness' |
| He will say that dependence allows people to learn "to ask from each other, to receive from each other, to depend on the generosity of those who love us and stand alongside us". | He will say that dependence allows people to learn "to ask from each other, to receive from each other, to depend on the generosity of those who love us and stand alongside us". |
| And he suggested that adults should "guarantee that there is nourishment and stability" for those individuals who are most in need. | And he suggested that adults should "guarantee that there is nourishment and stability" for those individuals who are most in need. |
| Happiness, we are told, comes from the way we are recognised by society, yet we know in our hearts that this is not so Archbishop Vincent Nichols Woman knocks pontiff down at Mass | Happiness, we are told, comes from the way we are recognised by society, yet we know in our hearts that this is not so Archbishop Vincent Nichols Woman knocks pontiff down at Mass |
| "As we learn how to be gratefully dependent, we learn how to attend to and respond to the dependence of others," he will say. | "As we learn how to be gratefully dependent, we learn how to attend to and respond to the dependence of others," he will say. |
| "And perhaps by God's grace we learn how to create a society in which real dependence is celebrated and safeguarded, not regarded with embarrassment or abused by the powerful and greedy." | "And perhaps by God's grace we learn how to create a society in which real dependence is celebrated and safeguarded, not regarded with embarrassment or abused by the powerful and greedy." |
| Earlier, at midnight mass at Westminster Cathedral, Archbishop Vincent Nichols said it was vital people are not distracted from the true source of happiness. | Earlier, at midnight mass at Westminster Cathedral, Archbishop Vincent Nichols said it was vital people are not distracted from the true source of happiness. |
| The head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales said: "We are filled in this moment with peace and happinessÂ… but will it last? In reality we know that our happiness and peace are difficult to sustain beyond moments such as this. | The head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales said: "We are filled in this moment with peace and happinessÂ… but will it last? In reality we know that our happiness and peace are difficult to sustain beyond moments such as this. |
| "Perhaps sustaining happiness in our lives is an art we have lost." | "Perhaps sustaining happiness in our lives is an art we have lost." |
| Archbishop Nichols said too often people chase after status, wealth and success in the false hope that they will bring contentment. | Archbishop Nichols said too often people chase after status, wealth and success in the false hope that they will bring contentment. |
| He said: "Happiness, we are told, comes from the way we are recognised by society, yet we know in our hearts that this is not so. | He said: "Happiness, we are told, comes from the way we are recognised by society, yet we know in our hearts that this is not so. |
| "Our happiness lives much closer to home, it lives in our steady relationships." | "Our happiness lives much closer to home, it lives in our steady relationships." |