Good afternoon. I want to first start off by saying, to be a child one must be willing and able to see the world as a magic place, a world where they can grow slowly, creativly ,
adventurous, imaginative, full of hope, laughter, a spirit of humbleness. To be a parent is a great honor, a privilege. However these days being a parent seems more of a distraction to some. The time away from their children grows longer as economic stresses break
apart families. Technology has driven a wedge between families. Children have lost their ability to communicate between themselves, I've seen it time and again. At family gatherings, birthdays, weddings. The older generation stand and talk for hours while the young ones look down at their phones for hours. This culture breeds a generation, selfish, arrogant, confused and lost. Nonexistent are TV networks which offer children good clean entertainment, video games have become filled with violent, and angry messages that teach kids how to kill, steal or destroy. I see parents who never play with their kids or share a family meal with them. Breakfast used to consist of a family setting together around the table sharing a meal, asking questions. I was so excited every saturday when all my hero's would arrive on the scene on various channels. We as children had the whole world at our fingertips for a day. Just thinking back makes me smile. A bowl of fruit loops and the Smurfs made a great combo. It was just Saturdays though. I recall nights of cartoon specials, fall previews where we as kids got a glimpse of what the following years programs could be. We didn't gave five hundred channels bombarding our minds with filth.But I loved the fun of the commercials just as much. You always had something to look forward to. So much anticipation, so much fun. Where did that go? I remember my mom fixing gravy, biscuits and eggs always asking me how I was feeling, was I OK and what my plans were for he day. She worked long days in a factory, but always made time to read simple stories from the books I loved. Back then a parent knew what a child felt, or were thinking. Back then bullying was done only at school. We had no internet to keep it in the faces and minds of the bullied. Now more than ever children no more than 8 years of age are hanging themselves, poisons,
shootings, abuse, rape, etc.This has to stop. Our children are not robots to program. Schools are not institutions of abuse or neglect. Elementary schools are putting too much pressure of children not yet mentally capable of such levels of learning. Let kids be kids. Let them play, learn how to read, write, be creative, draw, color, watch cartoons, just as we did when we were children. Let technology be a tool for creating not machines but happy, healthy kids.
The trouble with this government is that they want little adults without creative thought or imagination. Well a child is not an adult. They are not meant to learn under stressful conditions, children are not machines to be examples of national education numbers or comparative boasts of board members. Life is simple, children must grow and learn with hope and anticipation, fun, and excitement that tomorrow might hold a better future. This world and especially within the united states, I'm witnessing just the opposite. Kids deserve better, more than all year school, television aimed at all adult programming, lack of commercials focused on teaching ethics for kids instead of selling them a cell phone. I remember the small TV networks that brought children Saturday morning fun and learning all at the same time. The cartoon Breaks offered children various commercials such as the " one to grow on" series, and schoolhouse rock combining song with fun. Every cartoon ending gave kids a lesson in morals, anger, bullying. All told from the words of their individual hero or actor. We have to bring this culture back. One network, one school, one president at a time. Kids have to come first, money last. We have to drive this message home and fast. The very lives of our kids depend on it
after, or a child laughing as a baby goat leaps and jumps about in front of them. What animals and small farm life taught me was how to treat people . You learn respect, honesty and caring from animals . You see an animal will give unconditional love to a child. A kind of love children long for and need.S o just a simple post today. Let a child experience a small pet, or take them to a petting zoo. You will be amazed at how special this experience is for them.
