Interestingly, you’ll be surprise to know that the most underused and wasted natural resources are not the elderly or our parents but our children. So many ideas, energy wasted. If learn to count on our children, there will be great difference.
The limiting mindset we’re carrying that needs to discarded. The number one, is the mindset that children shouldn’t be seen in the adult gathering nor heard from. Another is the one that says children are useless unless they’re molded to have a purpose in life, it’s as if they don’t have spirit. The one that mostly cause trouble at home, that parents saying their will or no other. They are the only way or rather the means to the end.
The late 60’s and 70’s that research convince us that infants could not only hear and see and able to effectively understand parents response. They problem is not with our children but our limited understanding our children’s emotional state is in a sense I it’s infancy.
When it comes to information or support, our children is the person we turn to help. For example , there have fight among African-American for long time now, and it’s a problem in the society and we want to address the issue. How are we going to go about it. Are going to assume the ” My will or no other ” mindset or involve the teens in the creating a successful campaign? Choosing the last option would be the best. This is one of the biggest problems campaigners have, even at home. The children are left out of the equation. No wonder crime refuse to go down, even when there’re security implements in place. We’re dealing with humans here and not machines.
Parents, community planners, Government, presidents etc should remember that next time a project that involves promoting peace in the neighborhood, city, state or country is planned, the youth should be involved, it starts with the parents, but we don’t seems to value them.
A friend of mine told of how a 13 year old baby sitter, wendy who was the only child living with her grand parents used to hang around their house. One day his wife, Julie, asked her if she could help balance their checkbook. It was surprising to her, a chance to learn something. Julie showed her how. For the next year wendy would come to julie’s house and tackle with the checkbook. Julie told of how the look on wendy’s face when she left the house was that of being proud, valuable and responsible. Something as simples as asking a child to help balance a checkbook would may her feel she’s contributing to something worthwhile.
List practical ways children could be of value to us and their community. It could be involving in community cleaning, the neighborhood by picking litters, helping the elderly in their wheelchair, volunteering at their school, involving in family project, their ideas and opinions about a problems could go a long way.
Little and large ways children can help contribute, a chance to be valuable member of the society. Children wants to be viewed as valuable in their homes, community as well the society. This translate to having good records. Both parents and children benefit in the long run. The mindset that children cannot be of any help isn’t the way to go in this situation. Let them be of service to others, this make them feel good about themselves.
You reap what you sow, children will have the feelings of love and peace and fulfillment when they go out of their way to be of service to others. Children have 70% answers to questions like pregnancies, teen suicide, violence anger etc. Children should be consulted in this matters, their input would give assistance in finding a lasting solution.
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