The "root problem" of this world is inadequate parenting

The first thing that comes to my mind about the major problem in the world is "Parents". Mothers and Fathers today have lost touch with their children. They do not guide them in the ways of cooperation and peace. They do not teach them to strive to be "One with Good (God)." They do not adequately love them.!!!

IN the library yesterday, I witnessed three children who just didn't have a clue about appropriate manners or respect for others. They were crying, arguing, whining, and very confused about how to be. Meanwhile the mother was threatening, bribing, insulting, and was totally out of control of the situation. She just didn't know what to say, she just didn't know what to do.

Is it any wonder these little people will never grow up to be part of the solution to the problems of this world.? They won't know how to handle their emotional life, won't be able to function in our society as responsible human beings. It is not their fault.! They were little babies once, innocent and full of Love, and their parents missed their opportunity to build a positive addition to our planet. They just didn't know how! It is not their fault, they just did not know how.!!!!!!

Their parents didn't teach them. Every evil,corrupting,unscrupulous person you can think of was once a little, sweet baby, capable of so much good in the world, yet somehow destined to evil, due to improper parenting.

Are all our instincts for raising children gone.?
Can we be taught how to be better mothers and fathers?
Can better parenting lead to a better world?
I think so !!!!!
I think this is the root of "The Problem"..........

 

You cannot blame the parents.

In today's capitalistic system most lower class parents barely get to interact with thier children because they are forced to work constantly to make enough money to support themselves and thier children.

Ofcourse, some parents are at fault... but that is defenatly not the only root problem, nor even close to it.

If you want a change in child education you must first focus on the school system... that is where children learn... that, and tv.

 

I know parents are not the only influence, but I know from having 5 babies, that the very beginning moments, and first days and months and years are the foundation for "everything else". If this foundation is solid and postive, then this person will continue to grow in postive ways. Full commitment parenting is so fundamental to a childs healthy introduction into society, and I seriously think parents are "somewhere else" these days. They may be working hard, but I think if they rearranged their priorities, they would realize that putting their childrens well being after making enough money to "buy" many unnecessary items, may be the biggest mistake they will ever make, and this just adds to the worlds problems at a very rudimentary level.

 

I agree, parents are somewhere else... but sadly enough, most people are not intelligent enough to realize that thier children require more attention and that they do not need all of this stuff to distract themselves from both thier children and thier life.

If a parent's life is in the shitter, then they should find joy and a positive distraction in thier children. Children are such amazing beings, full of life, energy, and so eager to learn. I can spend hours with a 1 year old, just staring at them full of amazment. People need to learn to appreciate thier children and not the television.

 

parents aren't supposed to raise kids... in indigenous or shamanic cultures, its the village elders who teach children... parents are to much in the throes of hormonal waves to offer guidance

 

the whole world should raise the world's children. and it does, but it doesn't know that.

it is everyone's fault that there is not enough love, because we all believe it. that's why the parent can't be at home with their kid, has to work their life away just to keep the kid physically living. because we have this consciousness of there not being enough of anything for anyone to have what they need to survive without killing themselves a little for it. our biggest fear is not having enough, and so we've created a world where there is not enough...

if you dig, and dig, and dig, at the heart of every problem, you will always find fear. and the solution is always love. it's everyone's job equally. things won't happen if we don't believe they're possible. we have all the resources. all we need to do is believe in love and stop believing in fear.

 

I wish it was so black and white. It's very easy to say "just believe in love", but most people are consumed by fear... it is not something they believe in, it is something that they are unaware of and cannot control. It controls them ever since they were born, and it is impossible to just illiminate with love... Love does not just raise from the eath for most people, people find love in certain things... for most people it is conditional. You are very ideological, and so am I, and that is admirable... but it's very easy to just talk and speculate and think that everything can be fixed with love... but sadly, most people cannot find love in simple events in thier life, so there have to be more practical ways of eliminating and facing problems.

 

the root of the root of your problem is education. Better educated(thinking wise, not memorization wise) parents make better parents. Crack and booze make worse parents.

 

Crack kills, it thrills... and it rocks... man it rocks.


Haha, I love to say "Crack Rocks" in public... different people percieve that statement differently. Some silly old ladies actually take me for a crackhead... what can I do... I'm skinny!

 

I dont think the problem is the parents, its just the way the world is today. It's more the brainwashing of the media and digital technology thats changing kids. all they no is tv, computers, ipods, commercials, being targeted to make money and not even realize it. the parents are probly just as brainwashed as the kids and dont teach them enough natural things that you need. and the baby boomers are the ones running the whole corporate sha-bang thats creating all the brainwashing advertising. every1 is to blame.

 

Once again, I must follow the problem back to its root. I have 5 children, and no amount of media and technology, or tv or computers of anything would change them or influence them to be part of the problem. They have a good beginning, and are now reasonable, cooperative young adults.

I am just idealizing a culture where each child is cherished and held, and loved, and has a chance to grow up to be a postive addition to the society around them. I am talking about building character in our youth, by teaching parents that they can and should stay home with their children, if they can simplify their lifestyles, readjust their priorities, and give their children the attention they need.

 

Do you really think that media and technology has no effect? People are shaped by what they see and hear.

 

But you see the media and technology has affected the kids parents too. They are just as brain washed as the kids, so really it's the people who are behind the brainwashings fault, not the parents. And sadly to say, it's mostly people from the boomer generation running it (and some of the older X'ers).

 

The great paradox! The salvation of civilization rests in the hands of our youth and the most irresponsible people on the planet today are their parents...parents that never seriously lift a hand to help resolve overpopulation or the suffering of the children that are already here...parents that figure the best way to save the planet is to produce more kids that will join the rest of us to consume what is left of this wondrous planet...parents that spend their life punching the time clock, paying the mortgage, putting food on the table and teaching their kids to compete with the Jones...and worst of all parents that send their kids to schools without gardens!

 

Yes it sadly has a huge affect, but the parents have an oppourtunity to teach these children to rise above the influince.....(haha I never thought I'd quote those silly anti-pot commercials). The very first thing that people see and hear are their parents, and therefore is the very central foundation of their lives...whether subconsiously or consiously. They don't have to let society mold their children into the norm. Its an exponential growth, each "brainwashed" kid eventually becomes a parent of 1 or MORE kids, those kids all have kids, they also have kids so on and so forth.

Its a rapid spiral and my theory is that there are too many damn people in this world for anything to change that. For every so many children born, there are the dumbases born. Lets just say that for every 20 kids born, one dumbass. 6 BILLION people in the world makes for a lot of fuckin dumbasses

 

Parents have a long and miserable record of missed opportunities...the blind leading the blind.

Until parents admit to our shortcomings we will continue to wallow in the sty of competitive conformity!

Those that do change can start to heal the damage... those that don't curse our kids...our planet... each other!

 

we can't go blaming others. kids have minds of there own too. im not saying playing bthe blame game is whats wrong with the world (it would take too long to go into that) but it's definitly one thing

 

I keep referring back to the "babe in arms" experience where we learn about the world, and learn how to function in this world. A young infant that is held, nutured, wanted, cared for, and loved by his parent or parents has the start it needs to adapt to life. Without this primary " in-arms" experience intact, we will always be striving to find some way of acquiring it, but by inappropriate means, as we are confused as to what we are missing.


Mothers need to make the time to be with their little ones for their first few years, spend all day everyday with them, meet all their needs with patience and love, and give them the solid "in-arms" foundation they need to become mentally fit and functional people on this planet.

 

children are beautiful. i wish more people realised that. i don't know many people that see their children as wise and enlightened beings, yet untainted by the world.
when i worked in a department store i would see this constantly, children whining, wheedling, cajoling, screaming, etc. to get what they wish, and most parents either give them what they want or sit there threatening them- or ignore them.

one touching moment for me was seeing two little boys begging their mother to go to the toy section and she kept saying no, no, telling them if they didn't shut up x would happen etc. finally she got tired of it and told them to go. so they went, by themselves, and set about destroying the place. it was near closing time and i was fuming at this (it was my section to clean up later that evening) so after i made the closing announcement and fumed about 'please make sure your children are not left unattended' i went to go see if there was anything i could do to get them to quit hellraising. and when i went, i saw the older boy, maybe 8 or so, sitting on the floor with his brother, maybe 4, and a book of animals, and he was reading to him out loud and pointing out things. it touched my heart.

kids have so much potential. in the early years of their lives they are so eager to learn, eager to grow. we tend to kill that in them by making them tv-addicted zombies that are unable to form original thoughts or chastising them for being curious and asking why, challenging us in any way.

 

Why not take away all self-responsability while your at it. People have overcome shitty childhoods.

Is it fair that some have to while others don't? No. But that's life.