Children; are they today seen as our proud legacies...or separate creatures that install fear?

Question

Davy...it's merely a question - not a personal belief. Was basically hinting at the various laws that we now have in the UK and the morals that have followed. Remember Julia Somerville who felt criminalised after the person who processed her pictures in the local chemist ran to the police - the photos; her wee daughter in the bath.

Was listening to the first half hour of a programme called 'The Wright Stuff'...they were talking about a jacket with a chip inside that had parents learn where their child was - it costs £200 and twenty quid a month to activate the 'I-know-where-you-are' chip. Half the callers said 'yes' to it, with someone in the audience shouting 'Why not put 'em on a dog-lead'...with others wondering if putting a chip in the wee bairn would be better. Obviously the fear thing rules today.

Answer 1

I think that in answer to your question, the children of today have society bearing down on them to naturally conform to all sorts of ideologies presented to us through the media and this is affecting the child's behaviour because they are not allowed to naturally form who they are or what they are, as society is quite happy to slap labels on the children of today.The times have changed and we as an older nation, because lets face it we are the ones making these rules have put the kids of today in a little boxes, trapping their imaginations and creativity to transpose them to fit into the statistics of educational managerial ideologies so that schools can say that they are the best school. At best we have forgotten who are our legacies are because we are so busy manipulating and prying that we actually create these "creatures who instill fear" as their identity is non existant. What is their identity? A label enforced by the media and political leaders. Who nurtures the children who have talents? Who nurtures the children who have talent, but got lost in the shame of expelling the child or giving the child and ASBO. No one. We all moan,and see the worst in our children and do we do anything about it. NO!! We just expect to create more labels to fit these creatures because that's how we try and understand them. Communities are divided and so are the loyalties for both groups mentioned. The proud legacies and the creatures who install fear!!!!!! Where is the hope for either group?

Answer 2

If children are either "creatures of pride" or "objects of fear," we have some work to champion the inner child, the childlike, the inner sense, the innocence.

"The Biology of Transcendence," Joseph Chilton Pearce, "Expecting Adam," Martha Beck, "When the Invisible Children Sing," Huang, "Climb the Highest Mountain," Mark Prophet, "The Great Divorce," C. S. Lewis, "The Reincarnation of Edgar Cayce?", Free and Wilcock, and "Man, Master of his Destiny," O. M. Aivanhov, are all worthwhile to this championing.

best regards,

j.

Answer 3

Neither!
Proud legacies.... ummm; no I don't think so. The ones round here seem to spend their time hanging about in the parks... smoking, drinking, swearing and being abusive to passers by.

But I can't say they install fear! They might like to think they do as they like to intimidate people.

I put it down to lack to parental care, discipline..... no boundaries. Kids are ego centric by nature and have to be taught to respect others. Parents don't seem to bother these days and have no discipline.

Not all kids are vile mind you!! Lets not stereotype the whole lot! There is little hope for the future of man kind if they ARE all vile!

Answer 4

Agree with Davey.... you cannot judge all children just because a very very small minority are hell-bent on causing trouble....

I have 2 boys... they are still young, but I want to be proud of them when they are older. Isn't it all to do with the upbringing ?? You reap what you sow.... and all that...

I will teach my boys what is right and what is wrong, then they have to decide what path to take... if they want their parents to be proud of them, then they will do what is required to reach that goal. Some of the youth of today do not give a damn about making their parents proud.. and vice versa... it is our responsibility as parents, to guide our kids, and to teach them what is right. This is the way I was brought up, and I will pass this onto my kids.

It may sound self righteous, but I believe it is the parents job to make sure their kids do not go the wrong way.

Answer 5

I think you mean Instill fear....anyway....I can only speak from experience and say that I am proud of my children who are now adult. I have young Grandchildren of whom I am also proud....If we are to believe everything you read in the press then there are ruthless gangs of kids roaming the streets killing people and other kids, in every town and village in England, which is obvious rubbish....Yes there are problem kids, there always have been, but the media exaggerates the problem, as indeed it exaggerates every problem.....so no, I don't fear children....and if every parent saw their child as a gift rather than a burden, things may improve.

Answer 6

When I was growing up, I remember an often repeated phrase, "children are our future". I think it was considered patriotic to raise children properly. Laws were passed that encouraged children.

Today, I think children are more considered like pets. They are the property of the parents and exist mainly for the pleasure of the parents. I'm exaggerating a little, but I think the trend is there. I understand that in parts of Europe, your pet is more welcome in a restaurant than your child.

Answer 7

I think there is a point in what you say.Yes,Many parents are afraid of their children.They go to any length to satisfy their children's demands .whims and fancies, for fear of losing control over them totally.Many parents are in a pathetic situation.

Answer 8

Only the church install fear in life

Answer 9

I think you're tarring them all with same brush here...