In David Brooks, The Merits of Meritocracy, he is discussing the advantages that children have during these days, but the children have to work hard in order to keep a spot in a great future. The child has be to prove he or she is a valid candidate for a specific job or even to be able to have a spot in a university. This will require the child to stay updated with technology and any new activities that arise. In a society, people have to be aware times do change and so should the way children are raised as well. The parenting skills that are needed by children today are difficult to acquire because the parents were not raised in this form. Parents were raised with manners and each gender had a specific role in life. In some areas of the world
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Life should be lived with experiences and at its own pace. In the childhood years children should be able to play and have the chance to be children. Children have to explore and communicate with others their own age. There is no need for a six year old to wonder whether someone loves them at these early years in life. Love is a strong word that is difficult to understand until he or she has reached adulthood. This leads the child to want to change his or her appearance to receive affection from the person their attracted to. For example, a girl could be led into looking like a twenty one year old by dressing inappropriate and fulling their face with unnecessary makeup. A child may be looked physically matured but has not yet matured mentally. “Or we fear that they are skipping over childhood itself” (Brooks 118). Brook mention to the reader that parents fear their children are growing too fast and not taking their time in becoming adults. The parents do have to understand that the child lives in another time generation and the influences are different. The tradition and values are not the same as thirty years ago. The parents has to be open to the children. Otherwise the children may learn from others and could lead them to develop inappropriate behavior. Finally, children should not feel pure pressure but instead life through the process of childhood,
Life should be lived with experiences and at its own pace. In the childhood years children should be able to play and have the chance to be children. Children have to explore and communicate with others their own age. There is no need for a six year old to wonder whether someone loves them at these early years in life. Love is a strong word that is difficult to understand until he or she has reached adulthood. This leads the child to want to change his or her appearance to receive affection from the person their attracted to. For example, a girl could be led into looking like a twenty one year old by dressing inappropriate and fulling their face with unnecessary makeup. A child may be looked physically matured but has not yet matured mentally. “Or we fear that they are skipping over childhood itself” (Brooks 118). Brook mention to the reader that parents fear their children are growing too fast and not taking their time in becoming adults. The parents do have to understand that the child lives in another time generation and the influences are different. The tradition and values are not the same as thirty years ago. The parents has to be open to the children. Otherwise the children may learn from others and could lead them to develop inappropriate behavior. Finally, children should not feel pure pressure but instead life through the process of childhood,