The Children Before and Now
Blog #186
March 14, 2022
Note: What I will share today is only based on what I have observed in our community.
Looking back at how my childhood years, I realize that as the years pass by many changes happen. Not only with the way of living that most of us have but also with how kids become nowadays.
Before, we used to play outdoor games such as chasing one another, playing in a playhouse together with our siblings and neighbors, playing rubber bands and climbing trees like guava, etc. During those times, we enjoyed every moment that we have. There may be times that we quarreled each other but we didn't hurt each other physically.
Now, as I see in the community I am in, kids like to play computer games and even stay in the computer shop for how many hours. They don't care if they can eat or not as long as they enjoyed playing those online games.
Sometimes when they fought, they are hurting each other physically, and not only that they threw bad words at each other. I was shocked to hear them saying those words because I am not used to hearing those words. My kids didn't speak those words as well.
Before, kids are more respectful. When we meet other people along the way, we would greet them. Whenever we came to other houses, we didn't enter immediately. We would wait for the owner's permission before we would go inside. Whenever our parents or other relatives stared at us because we made mistakes or we are starting to misbehave, we would immediately behave because we are afraid that they will scold us and might spank us for our misbehavior.
Now, it's very rare to see kids being respectful to others. Sometimes i would hear them just calling names of those adults as if they are calling someone who has the same age as theirs. And there were times that when we would tell them not to bully other kids, they will just laugh as if they don't hear anything. And when someone scolds them, they won't listen, and much worse they talk back to their elders.
These are just a few situations that I observe with the kids around. It saddened me to see that other kids are not properly guided by their parents and sometimes even if parents knew what their kids had been doing, they just tolerate it and don't discipline them.
That's why I just let my kids be in our house nowadays. I don't want them to go outside because many times they are bullied before and even if I told the parents about their child's behavior they will just ignore it and sometimes they would accuse my kids of being the naughty ones. Since I know that they would just tolerate the kids of their wrongdoings so I will just let my kids stay at home most of the time to avoid some bad happenings.
Based on these observations, one reason why other kids have this kind of attitude is because of a lack of parents' guidance. I always see those kids around just hanging out with their friends who also became a bad influence on them. Even at noontime and the evening, they are still on the road together with those friends of theirs because their parents are too busy with their work and others parents are just at home and they just let their kids roam around to avoid having hard-headed ones at home. This was what one of the parents told me on why they just let their kids roam around freely.
It saddened me to think about those but I can't do anything. What I need to do is never let it happen to my kids.
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Nakakalungkot nga yun sis. Dati simple lang malaigaya na tayo makalabas nga lang tayo noon masaya na tayo. Pero ngayon mga bagets gadget at kung ano ano na nasa utak. Dati isang tawag n nanay pasok na tayo agad. Pero ngayon mga bata jusme makakailang tawag ka muna at mangigil ka muna bago sumunod. Dami naring galang kabataan ngayon nakakaawa talaga ang panahon ngayon kesa noon.