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What the Hell Are We Teaching Our Kids?
And why do we even bother?
People these days seem to be forgetting something that’s so crucial to the future of the world and it boggles my mind. But not just any ‘people’. Adults! Parents. Teachers. Mentors. Role Models. Rock stars. Actors. Athletes. Politicians. All adults on the planet!
We lead by example.
There’s a popular old saying that goes something like this:
Monkey see monkey do
Remember that one when you were growing up?
You’d be outside playing with your friends and then that one ‘kid’ would come around. The one who no one liked and he would imitate what you were doing because all he wants is to just fit in and be accepted and you would point and laugh at him and shout out monkey see monkey do.
And all little “Johnny” was guilty of was trying to fit in. Trying to belong. He wanted to be like the cool kids. He wanted to be liked. He just wanted friends. So little Johnny did what he thought he had to do to be liked.
He copied us.
The cool kids
Were you a ‘cool kid’? I was and I kinda wasn’t but then it all depends on what you think makes you a cool kid.
