Teach your children survival skills
What is wrong with the human race?
We are so torn between our daily lives, work, and our families that we don't care about anyone outside our little circle anymore.
We fight and struggle through the day, rush home, feed the kids, do their homework for them just to get things done. Why? So that we can do it all again tomorrow....
It is a vicious cycle where we hardly have time for ourselves, and even less time for our children.
We are all running on the fast track. We hardly notice people around us.
People just don't really care about each other anymore.
People are so miserable with their pathetic lives. They try and replace their miserable feelings with some kind of substitute. They turn to alcohol. Some even to drugs. They create false happiness. They forget about their children....
Money can't buy happiness. Money can't replace love.
People teach their kids to love things, not people. They replace love with technology. Much easier to switch on Netflix and let a child watch a movie instead of spending some personal time with a child. Easier to hand a remote to a child and let them lose themselves in some or other violent playstation game.
Technology has become our free baby-sitting service.
The days when children were the centre of attention is long gone. We are so self- centred that we are pushing everyone aside. Just to get a little more me-time, because we have things to do.
Our kids get all that they want at a drop of a pin. "We want McDonalds!" Then we drive to the drive- thru.
We might have the best intentions but we are making our kids miserable on the long run. They don't learn how to cope in the natural world. What are we doing to our kids? Why would we give something to a child if we know it is not good for them?
We seriously have to think again.
What can we change in our own lives to make things easier for ourselves, and for our children?
We need to go back to the basics:
1. Don't give them everything they want. Give them what they need.
2. Spend time with your children. Quality time.
3. Set limits on the time your children spend with technology e.g. Playstation/ Television
4. Teach your children to play. Play with them.
5. Let your children read books so that they can develop their own imagination.
6. Feed them properly. Cut the junkfood. Have proper family dinners. Let them help you cook.
7. Teach them to clean, and wash dishes and clothes. One day they will hopefully live on their own. 😉
One day your children will thank you for giving them the world.......
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What a great read and so refreshing to see others with a similar point of view to my own.
We are an 'average' family from England and 4 years ago we were in EXACTLY the same frame of mind so decided to sell as much as we could and just keep the basics, hit the road and find somewhere where we could build a new future. A future where we could 'start a fresh'.
Everything went well for a start, it was fantastic, freedom at last! :) It wasn't too long before we started to notice the cracks though. When I say 'cracks' I mean the sort of things we didn't anticipate when setting out on our new journey. The biggest 'crack' was the kids and their 'needs'! Unfortunately, even though they enjoyed being 'home educated', they soon made it obvious that they wanted to be back into mainstream. We have a list the length of our arms of all the things our kids felt they were missing out of and please, please dont think we are trying to suggest this is not a great idea because it is BUT what a disappointment to then realise just how much 'society' has brainwashed and indoctrinated our kids into the way they think today! People will immediately think that we didnt provide the kind of things to stimulate the childs natural ability to learn etc but that is so far from the truth. We were living off grid on an 80 acre estate with a lake, woodland etc, yes it was absolutely idylic, full of natural resources for food heating etc.....
Without going on too much about the finer details as it would take the length of a book to portray the fuller picture, we had no other option but to fit back in with mainstream society for the 'happiness' of our children. You and me know that this type of happiness is probably self destructive but what else can we do when the children feel as though they are missing out on so much? Believe me, it is NOT an easy job to try and explain to a child why they cant have the latest gaming system, the latest iphone etc and to be honest about it I still think they feel we are just being 'tight'. I hope, I really do hope that one day they will thank us for trying to show them a better way and believe me, even though I say we have returned to mainstream living, we still try our best to show the kids an 'alternative' way of life. Sadly society has done an excellent job of brainwashing the masses and it is evident it's not just the kids we are trying to help to see a better way in life but the majority of parents could do with a short sharp shock when it comes down to true living.....
What I can say is that from time to time we do see a bit of what we taught them living 'off grid' does actually show through in their 'normal' day to day. Considering the state of the world as a whole and what may come in the near future regarding conflict and war, lets hope its enough for them to 'kick into gear' and survive the worst of it.
Im going to 'follow' you if thats OK as I'm really interested in this type of discussion.
Namaste
KevB
Thank you. Great story about you and your children. Yay for you. But I am sure that one day your children will look back and treasure this experience. You have planted the seed.... it must just bloom....
Well said.. yea, it's hard to balance work and time with my son... I want to push him into sports like I was pushed into when I was his age... we are mostly bound to inside the house now days.. change is needed.. great post
Hi @serioustruth
You made me think back to my childhood, we played in the street with other kids, we did not have TV, we ate together as a family at the dining room or kitchen table. We read out of the bible after dinner. In the evenings we spent time together as a family or sat around the radio listing to the radio.