From the time we are little children, we basically learn how to act and behave by the actions, the behavior of those whom we're surrounded with from birth. Yes indeed, our young formative years up until we're five years of age are so very important to our overall development. The experts tell us, that a person's whole personality and behavior patterns are basically formed by the time we're five years of age. Now the unfortunate thing to me is this. As the title of today's article puts it there are bad examples everywhere. Yes indeed, there are bad examples of behavior and conduct that is not conducive to living a good, healthy, successful and peace-filled life.
The media, including the so-called social media has a very powerful effect on everyone today, and in particular on the young, easily led people who are daily tuning into the most diabolical of decadent behavior being beamed into their homes from morning to night. Then there are the so-called games young people play on their X-box which are packed full of aggressive, blood-curdling behavior. Why even when one tunes into parliamentary channels that are available in most countries today, we observe our politicians, our so-called leaders behaving in a disgusting, unruly, unmannerly, belligerent manner day after day on our TV screens.
Why even when we tune into a church service on TV we observe ministers shouting and screaming in a really ridiculous manner as they try to inculcate their particular brand of religion into the minds of those who apparently are gullible enough to follow them. Yes indeed, there are bad examples everywhere of how not to behave.
So, how do we overcome the constant bombardment of how not to behave from our young people, our children when they're in their most important young, formative years? Well in a nutshell, parents and guardians need to very carefully monitor exactly what their children are watching on TV, their iPads, mobile devices, and also they need to be very careful whom they allow their young children to mix with.
From my personal observations, there are a whole lot of useless, delinquent parents who do not consistently monitor what their children are doing daily, and are not checking on whom they're mixing with at school and socially. Parents and guardians, you have a grave responsibility to bring up your children in the right manner, and to make sure that they do not engage in delinquent behavior.
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