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"What we do with little kids today will matter in 20 years," she says. "If you don't get it right, you will have an unlivable environment. That's the crisis I s

by panic 10y ago

"What we do with little kids today will matter in 20 years," she says. "If you don't get it right, you will have an unlivable environment. That's the crisis I see." This is something people don't talk about enough. Kids are literally the future of humanity. If we want to improve our society, we should put more focus on helping parents raise their children and on helping teachers educate them.

minipci1321 10y ago
I have some difficulty assimilating what you said. All went well till "if we want to improve our society" -- I expected to see something like "we should put much more effort into being good parents", but you didn't say that. Then I told myself that the explanation is that you have probably already raised yours. But such a person would have known that nobody can help parents to raise good kids "despite" themselves. I believe nowadays this is what teachers say when the society blames them on flaws of modern education?
kazinator 10y ago
On the other hand, a lot of the improvements we see in the world are the result of new generations criticizing and rejecting the ways of their predecessors, on their own. The best thing you can teach a kid is "don't copy me; half of what I think and do is probably wrong".
- astazangasta 10y ago
  I've rejected a lot of my parents' received dogma; but I think this is largely because my parents also taught me to think critically, by encouraging my curiosity in precisely the way described here: when your child's questions go deep, go with them. Help them see that the answers are available if they are careful and learn to look for them.
ekianjo 10y ago
> This is something people don't talk about enough. Kids are literally the future of humanity. If we want to improve our society, we should put more focus on helping parents raise their children and on helping teachers educate them. False or at least not sufficient, the future of humanity is also what we do NOW. Since our actions will have a direct impact on the environment they live in. Focusing on kids only is a false dichotomy.

by panic 10y ago

minipci1321 10y ago

I have some difficulty assimilating what you said. All went well till "if we want to improve our society" -- I expected to see something like "we should put much more effort into being good parents", but you didn't say that. Then I told myself that the explanation is that you have probably already raised yours. But such a person would have known that nobody can help parents to raise good kids "despite" themselves. I believe nowadays this is what teachers say when the society blames them on flaws of modern education?

kazinator 10y ago

On the other hand, a lot of the improvements we see in the world are the result of new generations criticizing and rejecting the ways of their predecessors, on their own. The best thing you can teach a kid is "don't copy me; half of what I think and do is probably wrong".

astazangasta 10y ago
I've rejected a lot of my parents' received dogma; but I think this is largely because my parents also taught me to think critically, by encouraging my curiosity in precisely the way described here: when your child's questions go deep, go with them. Help them see that the answers are available if they are careful and learn to look for them.

ekianjo 10y ago

> This is something people don't talk about enough. Kids are literally the future of humanity. If we want to improve our society, we should put more focus on helping parents raise their children and on helping teachers educate them. False or at least not sufficient, the future of humanity is also what we do NOW. Since our actions will have a direct impact on the environment they live in. Focusing on kids only is a false dichotomy.