Raising Kids in Today's World

This is One Tough World in Which to Raise Kids
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Joe_Pagano] Joe Pagano

The world of today is not a favorable one in which to raise kids. With morals falling to unprecedented lows and both parents working round the clock to maintain just the barest essentials of a lifestyle, kids are being left exposed to a world of internet porn, harsh and strife-inducing music, and a whole array of other toxic mental poison. Technology, while blessing us with comforts and conveniences that would have been unimaginable just a generation ago, has spawned economic hardship for parents trying to give their kids the latest high-tech fodder. Basically, what this new world paradigm has done is place unprecedented pressure on parents trying to raise healthy, responsible children.

Is there a solution to this intractable problem and can parents shift the tide from their rearing ever-worsening kids, whose entitlement mentality is driven by omnipresent role models who hawk their goods on such places as MTV and the internet? There is a solution, although this not might be the panacea that keeps you the parents from suffering any pain in raising your children; however, this solution can mitigate against a lot of the stresses and problems that you might otherwise have experienced during those ever volatile teen years. The answer is curiosity. Yes. Curiosity.

You see, people who are curious about a lot of different things make better students and better people in general. Simply put, curiosity drives kids to learn. Half the battle in being a good student is having the drive to succeed at school; moreover, this same drive is what catapults people to success in the real world. This is one of the reasons why such a high value is placed on success in school. School is like boot camp for the real world. It’s the practice ground where kids learn skills and so-called fighting techniques that will help them kill the enemy—the real world, which will be out to kick the heck out of them and send them down the oft-called misery lane of failure.

So how do you make—or should I say keep—your kids curious? After all, all kids are born curious; they just lose this somewhere along the line. Your job is to keep them curious so that they don’t fall into that quagmire of mediocrity. Well, you need to feed them the fodder to keep their minds curious about a lot of things. There are so many things that are simply mind-boggling.

How about mathematics with all its intricacies and applications to the real world? How about the functioning of the human body, which in itself is a miracle to be comprehended? How about the very small—such as the atom—or the very big—such as the universe? What about the ability to spin a beautiful painting out of a blank canvass, or the knack for turning out a blockbuster suspense movie from the idea in one person’s mind?

One way to maintain the curiosity bug is to get them young. Get your kids interested in a lot of different things. Prick their curiosities by showing them a fascinating pictorial book such as one on living creatures from insects to birds to reptiles. Take them to museums, the planetarium, and the best place of all—the library.

If you implement the above outlined strategies, I sincerely doubt you will have much trouble rearing your kids. In fact, parenting might be so rewarding that you just might find that you wished you had had more children.

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Joe is a prolific writer of self-help and educational material and an award-winning former teacher of both college and high school mathematics. Under the penname, JC Page, Joe authored Arithmetic Magic, the little classic on the ABC’s of arithmetic. Joe is also author of the charming self-help ebook, Making a Good Impression Every Time: The Secret to Instant Popularity; the original collection of poetry, Poems for the Mathematically Insecure, and the short but highly effective fraction troubleshooter Fractions for the Faint of Heart. The diverse genre of his writings (novel, short story, essay, script, and poetry)—particularly in regard to its educational flavor— continues to captivate readers and to earn him recognition.

Joe propagates his teaching philosophy through his articles and books and is dedicated to helping educate children living in impoverished countries. Toward this end, he donates a portion of the proceeds from the sale of every ebook. For more information go to [http://www.mathbyjoe.com] http://www.mathbyjoe.com

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