Children are the joy and
hope of the world. Although they can be stubborn at times, they are full of
peace and a mystery we can’t ever understand. They are so cute, energetic,
innocent and ready to learn about life and it is our responsibility, as adults,
to make them be the best people in society.
We each have a role to play
in their development: parents, schools, government, as well as the media. We do
think that because he/she is not my child I don’t care, but we forget that we are
all connected in this world and whatever one does, it affects the rest.
Take for instance, the media
– it seems as if programmes with violence and sex, sells more than educative
programmes. We adult can somehow differentiate the messages and think
critically before absorbing it, but it is very hard for children, because at
that stage they are very curious, they want to know everything. Let’s say, a 12
year learns early sexual behaviour from the media, and then he/she becomes
sexually active before the right time. What comes out of this behaviour is
either, getting infected with sexually transmitted diseases like HIV/AIDS or
getting pregnant.
You will ask now how does
that affect the media people – well, Mr A works in the media and has a 15 year
old girl and let’s assume for a moment that that 15 year old girl dates a boy
who is 16 year old and because of media sexual contents, he gets curious and
wants to experiment. At the end he does experiment with the girl and gets her
pregnant or worse because of his active sexual life – he is infected and then
infects the girl. At the end it did not only affected the children, but Mr A as well, who works in the media and
thinks that showing such images, will never affect him
and it is all business.
I am a strong believer that
we adults are to blame for children’s misbehaviour. We no longer lead them in
the right direction. We make them grow before their age and not in a good way,
but in a bad way. Adults behave like children, never wanting to grow up and
take up responsibilities. Remember, children are looking and learning
everything from what we do. Be a positive influence to them by being
responsible.
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