Is America too protective of children? Or is it that the children aren't protected correctly?
Here's what got me thinking. Here
First off I mostly grew up in a different culture than most Americans. Here in Egypt children are not protected, should I say at all? I guess I could. I can't say I like what I see, too many young kids nowdays know so many swear words before they even have a single inkling of what they mean.
Either way the Egyptian or American system in raising kids is wrong.
In this age it seams a global pandemic, people just don't raise their children. They don't have a hands on approach. And the kids end up not being as good as they should be.
Now on to the news article. The kid really deserved to be punished, and the father of the younger boy didn't do anything wrong in my book. But then the American mentality just defends any child that is not your responsibility, no matter what he's done wrong and no matter how sensibly you respond or act. And that is wrong. But these kind of situations are avoidable, they really are.
The town is thinking of a rink guard similar to a life gaurd at pools. Now that's a good idea. Since parents can't correct other children's behaviour then at least there should be some one in charge that can. And while they're at it this should go for any public facility, espessially if you have to pay. I mean if it were a park you could just move away but not a hockey rink.
Now back to the trouble maker kid. Now all of this would've been avoided if the kid had learned to be more respectfull of grownups, period. And what would've happened if the five year old got hit? Kids also need to learn to be protective of younger kids. And that's something you can learn at home, from your parents. The problem is in this case the natural American response is to blame the father for touching the kid, the kids actions bear no weight at all. Heck his mom would probably start hugging and kissing him and thanking god he's safe and all in one peice and he'll probably get some icecream into the bargain. His bad actions will be forgoten and even rewarded. Now how is he ever going to become a better person like that?
It all starts at home and at early ages. That's when you need to start fixing any bad behaviour and before that you need to encourage good behavior, espessially respect, respect for everyone. You can't just expect TV and school to raise a good kid, most cases kids are goo in class, its what they learn from their mates outside. Parents have to understand that keeping your children out of your hair is not the answer, its convenient when they're young but it won't be when you're old. You sow TV that's what you'll get when your old, the kids might not have felt lonely but you will. So it does payoff for every parent to get his and her hands dirty in the process of raising children.
Over protecting children gives them too much armor. They turn into a medievel knight everyone must obey, fear and respect him. The knight system wasn't a very pleasant one and didn't last and it shouldn't last for kids either. Why should they have control of the life they're in? They don't drive the cars, so why should they drive the lives they're in?
