Kids Before and Kids Today

Have you observed the big difference of the children before and today?In my personal experience I have observed with my children and the kids around us are too hard to follow the tasks that their parents have given to them.Most parents, especially the mothers have to yell their name calling around the corner from which they gathered with other kids.Hehe,I too have do the same, almost everyday.

According to my father, when they were young , they do a lot of things everyday unlike today.This is a situation of a child who live in the province like my parents .Their parents was a farmer,and they raise animals,plants crops for their living, everyday they are responsible for it and they cannot go to school without doing it first.

What are the tasks that their parents have assigned to them?

• BEFORE

• they used to fetch water for the family, get a firewood from the uphill,

• When they fetch water they used the big can with a bamboo and put that in their shoulder.

• *take the carabao to the river to take a bath.

• *Wash the clothes to the river, or in the house faucet.

• *Wash the dishes everyday without being told, they know how to prepare food as early as 12/years old.

• *They we're train also to go to the farm to help their parents in the cornfields.

• *And most of all, the kids before wake up early and take a bath as early as they can to go and go to school.

*NOWADAYS

The children today have a big difference with the children before as I have observed.

• They wake up too late as early as 9 in the morning,(as what I've observed with my kids)

• Reason; because they also sleep too late at 10 pm because they are always having fun with online games, tiktok etc.

• They always say No, when they are given task like washing dishes , sweeping the floor, cleaning the house.

• They will follow their task after they finished their games, maybe it's a bit hard to accept but it's true, as far as I can see.If they were told to do a certain task, they will always response,"Ma,I'll do it later, after the game is over ".

• They have a lot of alibi for them escape from simple task at home.

• Another aspect that the kids differ before and today is regarding with the " Respect".

Respect with their parents,(pagmamano, at pagbati ng magandang gabi, magandang umaga sa mga taong nakasalubong nila)

They always give reflect with the elder people.But today, some of the kids aren't respectful with their parents, or put a high regards with their elders.

• Love/crush

Before when a girl or boy had a crush with someone they will just consider it as an inspiration,(tanaw lang sa malayo )but today they will do the first move , hehe like exchanging numbers, and chit chat online.The communication with someone becomes so easy and everything happens instantly.

In this situation ,it's emphasize that they need attention, as far as needed, everyday , followup and close communication and relationship with the kids, so that they are comfortable to share with what they feel.

This shows how did the children have been brought to a big changes through the high technology that they are born. Jn

Well, this is the reality that as parents we have to face it.The responsibility of being a parents became to tough for me, in guiding them and how to become a role model so that they become a responsible in this new generation .

A lot of things that affect their behavior, of course there are;

• Gadgets

• Social media

• Circle of Friends

Most of the time they lost their focus when they are told to do something, because a lot of destruction that this modern world have brought to them.We can't always blame those things , because we know that everything matters with how we manage it, our time, technologies, and simple tasks in the family.

The kids before have become responsible because they are focus on what they are doing, when there is already no technologies and so much electronic gadgets unlike today.The parents before are more hands on in teaching their children than today where everything rely on social media, online broadcast, online learning.They just followed what they can see with their parents, as a close influence in the family.

But today, most parents are also busy doing their jobs where the kids are always left home with the cellphone, tablets, and laptops. The situation of today differs from yesterday, in which the kids are also coping with the changes that happen.

The kids today are dealing with more pressure than the kids yesterday. They have to adapt to the new changes or they will be left behind on what is the new teens that most teens, kids have to follow. There are so many challenges that they have to face, whether environmental, mental, physical, and social matters which sometimes have a hard to engage in it.

The kids today might be different om the past but they need our support as parents, guardians, ante, tita, lolo, and Lola. We need to double or triple our attention, love, and care with our children so that they be better as always.

The kids today are not easy to step into a change just by yelling and shouting at them, the more it will cause them to become worst and feel rejected.

The advantage of today's kids is that they are updated with new trends in life and their world is much bigger than before.

If this world will keep on changing, the need to love our children is always needed. To show them that we always are with them and love them unconditionally. They tend to be occupied with the happenings around them, prone to stress and peer pressure.

Changes bring changed let's hold on to what is right and support our kids.

Thanks for reading.

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