Re: OT -Are we teaching our kids NOT to pay attent

Posted by dbear on August 31, 2004 at 06:17:59 from (66.66.62.175):

In Reply to: OT -Are we teaching our kids NOT to pay attention? posted by NC Wayne on August 30, 2004 at 20:22:31:

I think what's going on with today's youth is they're missing the connection between action and consequence.

I grew up on a farm and was always surrounded by big, heavy, dangerous equipment that did not have all these wonderful saftey devices our government deems necessary to protect us from ourselves. My father & mother did a great job of impressing upon my young brain the idea that if I did something stupid - e.g. not pay attention to what was where and also where it might be going - that I could DIE! I completely understood that relationship.

From what I've witnessed of today's kids, they just don't grasp that concept, quite possibly as a result of these video games in which when one dies, one comes back to life, completely unscathed, and continues on.

For example, I've tried numerous times to convince my 5-year-old granddaugther that she bruised her knee because she was jumping on ball (despite being told that just such a thing could happen), not just kicking it, and that it was not the ball's fault. Someday, I'll get thru...

Depending upon the adults in each child's life, this connection may never be made, as evidenced by the continuous stories in the media of kids performing horrendous acts of violence. This is not say that we still shouldn't hold these dirtbags responsible for their actions. Afterall, punishment for illicit acts is a consequence of performing said actions.

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