Drastic changes in family situations, media, technology, and pop culture significantly affect the youth, especially in the way they think. From the point of view of sociologists, today’s youth are dealing with a different social world, and this world shapes their thinking and actions. Consequently, they think and act differently from how their parents did years ago.
This is why many parents today often complain about their children’s behaviour, saying that children today are not as submissive and obedient as their parents expect them to be. There are parents however, who sadly admit their failure to provide proper guidance and training for their children; they think that they fail in rearing their children even if they have tried hard to mold their character.
If parents would attempt to understand their children based on their personal experiences alone, they would be disappointed and not be able to find appropriate ways in dealing with them. To understand their children, they should be able to put themselves in the latter’s psychological shoes. They need to understand how their children are being influenced by the kind of social environment in which young members of our society live nowadays. Moreover, they have to see the social forces that are at work in the lives of their children.
Parents should teach their children diligently especially in these times when many social and technological changes are taking place. Parents should spend more time with their children – strolling, playing, working, eating meals together, and helping them in doing their assignments and discussing certain issues with them. While parents should provide their children material needs, the youth of today seek acceptance through appreciation and praise, and they feel very happy if they hear these from their parents themselves. It is not good that parents see only the negative side of their children. They should also recognize the good deeds and qualities and take into consideration their feelings. Affectionate and considerate parents make children feel loved.
If parents spend quality time with their children, the latter would not lose interest on their instructions. Children would be intimate with them and open about their feelings. They would feel confident that they could talk to their parents about what they think and feel. According to social scientists, in the socialization process, the most significant and powerful training of the individual occur during the first five years of their life. They should introduce what is right and what is wrong at their early age. Parents who diligently teach their children most on God’s words would not worry even when their children are with their peer or at school because their children can remain firm on their guidance and teachings. Children guided well by their parents will surely succeed in life and become their parents happiness and serve as blessing from God.
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