On the occasion of another tragedy on the road and another ridiculous death of two young lives... And not only that
Everyone is crying out for change… More police, more punishment, more… Let me ask you: What are you ready to change in yourself? You want a change. Change for me, bro! Because the family itself educates until puberty. Then the external environment plays a big role. Every person once sets an example (good or bad) to his children, nephews, grandchildren, and then to others. So that what we do or don't do affects all teenagers.
Are you ready to make your child pay at least partially for their driving lessons? Are you ready to NOT buy him a car, especially a cheap one? Are you ready to have a law according to which the young driver must drive with a companion for one or two years? Are you ready to dunk a friend who systematically drives drunk?
Are you ready NOT to swear at a police officer you know if he had the "trouble" to fine your little one who thinks the road is his? Are you ready to imagine that your child is also a potential road killer because all the kids today have no fear of the law, no fear of God and think they are untouchable? Are you ready NOT to say to your child, "Well, one cup will do"… and are you ready NOT to drive in a second space and call others a "snail" because they drive 50 in the city?
You are not. And while you're gone, we'll hit the roads.
And outside of the context of the above, but related to it:
Are you ready to NOT bring a pouch and bag to the doctor just because he's done the job he's being paid to do... and so you don't teach him to wait for more pouches?
Are you ready to see the school tapes and then decide to judge the teacher who yelled at your child? Are you ready to refuse a manicure and a disco to the undergrown pickle? Are you ready NOT to scold the stranger who took the liberty of scolding your child for... smoking, for behaving obscenely on the street? Are you ready for your children under 16 not to ride an e-scooter for 5 grand?
Are you ready to kick out the cheeky dude who smokes on the bus instead of looking at her like drugged sheep and grumbling quietly? Are you even ready to take a civil stance or is it more important to keep quiet so that the world likes you... the same world that then tramples your children.
Where is the problem?
The main problem today in not taking a civil position and demanding that others follow the rules is the fear of being rejected by society if we are not like others. Trying to be liked by all means defiles us. 80% of people know well the difference between right and wrong. It's just not profitable for them. Therefore, education should also be aimed at this - to follow the values without being afraid of rejection.
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