SIXTEEN PRINCIPLES
FOR
PERSONAL, FAMILY, AND GLOBAL PEACE

James W. Prescott, Ph.D.
Institute of Humanistic Science

• Every pregnancy is a wanted pregnancy. Every child is a wanted child.
• Every pregnancy should be free from alcohol, drugs, tobacco and other harmful agents of stress.
• Every pregnancy should have proper nutrition and health.
• Every normal birth should be without drugs.
• Every birth should be a loving event with family and friends.
• Every baby should be breast-fed for two years or longer and be given a loving massage every day.
• Every baby should be carried on the body of its mother, father or caretaker as much as possible with mother/infant sleeping together during the formative first years of life.
• No baby, child or person should be subjected to any form of genital mutilation for reasons of religious belief or social custom.
• No baby or child should be hit, spanked or humiliated.
• No baby or child should be left to cry itself to sleep.
• The personal dignity of every baby and child should always be respected and affirmed.
• The emerging sexuality of every child and adolescent should always be respected and affirmed.
• The right of self-determination in the sexual expression of affection and love is a basic human right of all persons.
• Every human being should receive a loving massage every day.
• Sexual affection and sexual love are essential wellsprings for human peace, harmony and peace.
• The home and family is the cradle of alienation and violence or the cradle of love and universal peace.