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What is Happening to Our Children?
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Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Kids emulate adults. I wouldn't blame the kids.
And, by doing so, they are missing out on learning social skills. (And probably developing a generation plagued with carpal tunnel syndrome!)
Children are under the bad influence of the unloving, unqualified adults who surround many of them.
I don't want to put everyone in the same box. There are still many good parents out there, but from what I see every day, many people would have done themselves and the world a favor if they had never brought a child into this world. They can't even take care of themselves, much less another person. It's really sad,
I don't want to put everyone in the same box. There are still many good parents out there, but from what I see every day, many people would have done themselves and the world a favor if they had never brought a child into this world. They can't even take care of themselves, much less another person. It's really sad,
There is absolutely no reason for kids to spend more than 3 hours in school in the primary education level at no more than 4 hours from. 6th to 10th grades. The schools today act as daycare as well since parents and grandparents are unavailable at home throughout the day. No wonder they are bored. Duh.
Jumi
Well-Known Member
They aren't given enough interesting challenges. There are too many things in schools that require sitting(in unhealthy postures) and not enough exercises, mental, physical or social. Only that percentage of kids that are active by themselves can make it interesting. If school drains your energy, you're not being taught right.
Father
Devourer of Truth
the modern American education system does not educate anyone. it's for indoctrination, it teaches outdated values from the industrial revolution where one needs to follow instructions exactly and be like a robot. we don't live in that era anymore.
furthermore, we ignore the basic principles of teaching. men and women learn differently and if you look into "ADHD" it's mainly diagnosed in boys as men learn differently. they cant simply be glued to a chair for 8 hours. it makes sense if you look at nature when we hunted and were constantly moving,
the material being taught itself is useless and boring. in most history courses you simply memorize dates and events. not even in detail or why said events happened. what caused them, and how they relate to today. not to mention 99% of history is American. our country is less than 400 years old. we don't need 18 years of regurgitating the same info.
in English class or L.A, it might as well all be a write off as its just subjective interpretation of novels and crappy poetry that helps no one in the real world.
science is good but they hardly go deep enough into it or discuss the actual questions and discover's of today.
and math. well, that's boring no matter what.
as for the "no real friends" 90% of your friends you make in school you discard so it's a bit pointless of an issue.
as for the "self-entitlement" look to the parents. this generation is only bad thanks to the last generation. it comes from poor parenting and the indoctrination of leftist values. and not the good kind.
furthermore, we ignore the basic principles of teaching. men and women learn differently and if you look into "ADHD" it's mainly diagnosed in boys as men learn differently. they cant simply be glued to a chair for 8 hours. it makes sense if you look at nature when we hunted and were constantly moving,
the material being taught itself is useless and boring. in most history courses you simply memorize dates and events. not even in detail or why said events happened. what caused them, and how they relate to today. not to mention 99% of history is American. our country is less than 400 years old. we don't need 18 years of regurgitating the same info.
in English class or L.A, it might as well all be a write off as its just subjective interpretation of novels and crappy poetry that helps no one in the real world.
science is good but they hardly go deep enough into it or discuss the actual questions and discover's of today.
and math. well, that's boring no matter what.
as for the "no real friends" 90% of your friends you make in school you discard so it's a bit pointless of an issue.
as for the "self-entitlement" look to the parents. this generation is only bad thanks to the last generation. it comes from poor parenting and the indoctrination of leftist values. and not the good kind.
Kuzcotopia
If you can read this, you are as lucky as I am.
Well, the article was about parenting.
Well, the article was about parenting.
Well, the article was about parenting.
Part of it is due to kids being kids as they always have been , , ,
, , , but sugar and other high glycemic carbohydrates are the cocaine of modern food, and contribute to many physical (obesity and diabetes) and psychological problems not only in children, but also adults. They are adictive.
High glycemic carbs: sugar, potatoes. white flour, white rice and corn.
The human species evolved without refined carbohydrates, and significant amounts of sugar. Our evolved omnivorous diet was higher in foraged grains, plants, higher in fiber, and actually lower in meat than the modern diet. There is good evidence is that the deteriorating human physical health, including teeth, and mental health is a victim of civilization. By technology we live longer, but our health is poorer.
, , , but sugar and other high glycemic carbohydrates are the cocaine of modern food, and contribute to many physical (obesity and diabetes) and psychological problems not only in children, but also adults. They are adictive.
High glycemic carbs: sugar, potatoes. white flour, white rice and corn.
The human species evolved without refined carbohydrates, and significant amounts of sugar. Our evolved omnivorous diet was higher in foraged grains, plants, higher in fiber, and actually lower in meat than the modern diet. There is good evidence is that the deteriorating human physical health, including teeth, and mental health is a victim of civilization. By technology we live longer, but our health is poorer.
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Deathbydefault
Apistevist Asexual Atheist
At first I didn't understand the ages referenced whenever 'children' or 'kids' was brought up.
I'm guessing it's somewhere between 5-12. give or take a couple of years.
Anyways, parents taking the easy way out in parenting seems to be the issue here?
I can see where entitlement plays in there, but not so much for the rest.
-Children can make and erase friendships at the same speed
-Children are bored at school because school is boring (duh)
-They don't have low attention spans, the things they pay attention to are just selective
Figuring out some of the puzzles in God of War presented more of a mental challenge to me than almost anything I experience in the first 10 years of school. It was a hundred times more entertaining, too. And it also kept my attention for hours at a time. Only when replaying the game did I experience boredom.
As far as how parents can interact with their kids and fix some of these issues, I don't know.
-Have them play more mind boggling puzzle games instead of Clash of clans or something.
-Make time to play those games with them, but not to walk them through it.
-Don't bend every time your kid annoys you for something.
-Get them involved in 4-H or some other program.
-Use the basics of being rewarded for working.
Just some simple suggestions that may or may not work.
I'm guessing it's somewhere between 5-12. give or take a couple of years.
Anyways, parents taking the easy way out in parenting seems to be the issue here?
I can see where entitlement plays in there, but not so much for the rest.
-Children can make and erase friendships at the same speed
-Children are bored at school because school is boring (duh)
-They don't have low attention spans, the things they pay attention to are just selective
Figuring out some of the puzzles in God of War presented more of a mental challenge to me than almost anything I experience in the first 10 years of school. It was a hundred times more entertaining, too. And it also kept my attention for hours at a time. Only when replaying the game did I experience boredom.
As far as how parents can interact with their kids and fix some of these issues, I don't know.
-Have them play more mind boggling puzzle games instead of Clash of clans or something.
-Make time to play those games with them, but not to walk them through it.
-Don't bend every time your kid annoys you for something.
-Get them involved in 4-H or some other program.
-Use the basics of being rewarded for working.
Just some simple suggestions that may or may not work.
metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
How could we possibly be the world's #1 economic superpower if our public educational system that educates over 90% of America's children is so bad?
There are some things we do right here in the U.S., and historically public education is one of them. However, there are some serious problems that have been ignored for way too long, especially one of them being the need for far better financing and support for schools in lower-income neighborhoods. We're the only industrialized country in the world that spends less money on them than in middle and upper-income school neighborhoods.
We import our talent. We, the company I work for, has a hard time finding Americans capable of doing the technical job we require of them.
Most of our engineering staff is from overseas. IDK how this is with other companies but the engineers trained in American seem unable to think creatively. To think for themselves.
metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
The vast majority of our top notch people in most areas are not imports. Some areas, such as in areas like you mention above, yes do fill gaps that we have, no doubt.
The one area we have actually been quite good at, and the comparison studies show it, is our creativity and pragmatism. Fareed Zakaria in his latest book uses the results of related studies to show that we are still very good at this as compared to most other countries, and a large part of this is because we don't as much emphasize rote learning here. In my classes, for example, I heavily used the Socratic Method to try and get students to think and not just memorize.
Which brings me to my disgust with the "teaching to the test" that's just nuts, imo.
Parents have little time for their kids. Both parents have to work to make ends meet. Sometimes they have to work two jobs or work a job and also go to school. The governments take more and more of their money through taxes and fees in order to support itself.
Private education is expensive, public education is a crapshoot. Parents themselves aren't necessarily educated, or know how best to raise their kid. There's all kind of social media opinions about child raising that get thrown at them. These parents were raised by their own parents and who knows what went on there.
I guess the advice is ok but I don't think it as simply as blaming the parents or the schools or the kids.
Also it's a changing world. Technology is going to become more and more integrated with our lives. Who knows what skills the children of today will need tomorrow.
There are some very good teachers. While I understand my own experience is anecdotal, the number of good teachers I've come across, I could count on one hand.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
I found it interesting that the article didn't mention many of the factors contributing to those problems. Kids are bored at school because the modern school was designed to be just as dull and boring as a factory job. Kids nag their parents for things because companies have pumped billions into marketing research aimed at children, and getting children to nag their parents is a goal. The amount of added sugars--and in so many places you wouldn't even expect--is also a problem that leads to physical and mental health concerns. It also doesn't help that more often than not both parents have to work, and the demands of work are making it increasingly more difficult to live in a functioning family unit because both parents work and we usually don't include the grand parents, aunts or uncles, or other close relatives in our family unit.
But I do agree kids today need to get outside and physically play more often than they do today, and need more unstructured activity to encourage and promote their imagination.
But I do agree kids today need to get outside and physically play more often than they do today, and need more unstructured activity to encourage and promote their imagination.
