Parenting

Parenting is a responsibility. Are parents aware? The current economic and corruption problems indicate that some of us were not taught social responsibility. When we attempt to arm our children with success skills, we also teach them selfishness, deceit, greed, and arrogance. We fail to teach them that success should never be on the shoulders of others and goals do not justify the means.

Individualism is very attractive because it gives the person the false feeling of distinction and the illusion of freedom. It deprives the person from his basic right and need of belonging. A person cannot live in physical, emotional, or intellectual isolation. It is not enough to share a room with someone if there is no emotional or intellectual interaction. Only by these kinds of interactions, we can appreciate the dependency on each other. One must understand that one's success and happiness depends on the success and happiness of all individuals in the society. If parents and teachers had been teaching the basics of social interactions and cooperation, we would have spared ourselves the pain of the current economic collapse. It is the selfishness and greed of few people in control of the financial markets that caused this disaster.

All the attempts by the government to fix the situation are temporary and superficial. Unless we fix the root of the problem, we will face the same problem generation after generation.

We may not be able to solve today's problems but certainly we can avoid making new ones. Parents, if you care about the future of your children, then teach them the basic social morals. We must critically examine the modern ways of bring up children. Simply, it did not work.