Independence is a word created to describe a humans affinity to function without outside influence acting as reinforcement. We as people should be learning this from the youngest of ages. Usually we do, for example as a toddler I learned to walk. I started by being helped to stand by my parents. After much and much practice I was finally able to walk without outside help. This is the process that we all go through from step to step to achieve this goal, as with most other forms of guided practice. I believe that independence can only be functional when we are being helped first but break from it later. As reinforced by the Revolutionary War. We were guided by the English but eventually broke free to guide ourselves, our lives, our own freedom.
