"A child's smile can light up a day. A child's innocence charms many hearts. That's why it must be protected. Love your child and you will get abundance of love in return."
Hi there! How are you dear mates? I
want to tell you something that happened to me yesterday. In fact, I've thinking
about this idea lately and I'm getting more and more certain with the passing
of the days.
Yesterday afternoon, I was in the supermarket
with my grandma buying some things to accompany the mate. While we
were waiting in the queue, a group of five eleven-year-old girls were walking
around the gondola whooping and behaving as if they were alone in this world. I
know this is a typical characteristic of pre-adolescents. However, there was
something I didn’t expect from them. They said: “Llevamos un Fernet para esta
noche?” I repeat: THEY WERE ELEVEN YEARS OLD.
The idea behind this is INNOCENCE. This innocence
our children don’t have. They are little by little losing it. What is happening?
How is it possible that this group of little girls want to have FERNET?
I see it in my little students who are seven and say or think things they shouldn’t. I see it in my cousins who are 11 and 13 and they want to behave as adults. They have some attitudes that shock me. I see it in every child. We don’t have any more children in our world. We have little adults. And I don’t think this is ok
.
I remember my pre-adolescence. I wanted to
be an adult as well. I wanted to act independently. I believed I was the queen
of the world and I could do whatever I wanted. I WANTED TO. Today’s children
and adolescents ARE and BEHAVE as adults. It’s not a wish for them. It’s a
reality.
The worst thing here is that it seems that
REAL ADULTS allow this. Their parents, their teachers or whoever is in charge
laugh at this situation. I don’t think it’s funny. First, it’s not funny because
children end up believing they have some rights they don’t really should be
having. They are authoritarian and bad-tempered. Second, because they HAVE TO
enjoy this stage in their lives. INNOCENCE. They should be willing to play in
the parks, to have dolls and little cars, to enjoy the fact of not having responsibilities.
I’m worried. I’ve been thinking about this
a lot. It seems there’s nothing we can do about it. THERE IS.
I’m not a mother and I don’t know what I
am going to do by then. However, I think LIMITS and RULES are really important
and LEADING BY THE EXAMPLE is absolutely necessary.
Well girls, I shared my thought about this
new trend our children and adolescents are following. I just want to know
whether I’m the only one worrying about this and noticing these changes or not.
See you soon. Have a nice day!
I had prepared a long, long comment, but as it happens to me sometimes, it vanished. Awful! Well, I will try again:
ResponderEliminarIn my humble opinion, those young boys you saw are victims of the system in which we live. They do not see any future for them or for their families, and therefore they act with no care of law or other people´s rights or feelings.
In fact, we are priviledged people. We have opportunities to study and to go along with our own effort. We can see some future ahead. They cannot.
That is why the proposal of lowering down the age to go to jail is preposterous: we are going to fill in the buildings of different prison, that´s all. But with that political measure we will not be solving any problem.
IT also worries me a lot, Agustina! and I am a mother of two - not yet pre-adolescents. Sometimes I wonder what will the world be like for them in ten years. I just try to educate them according to what I think is right: be good people, no lying, no betraying your loved ones, and respect and try to understand other people's opinions. I know it's hard but I'll make the attempt to catch up with what the future brings...
ResponderEliminarI have many friends who have children and yesterday we were discussing about this. They were telling me that each generation already comes with some characteristics: two of them have two-year-old children and they told me that they don’t take naps, they are never tired and they are always looking for things to do because nothing entertains them. It’s very difficult and parents don’t know what to do; but the most important thing we have to do is to understand that it’s not the child or the adolescent’s fault, but the whole society’s fault.
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