Not Better Or Worse Just Different Analysis

When a child meets a stranger for the first time they find themselves inclined to learn more about them. They may conceivably ask questions that were versed from their encounters with adults. Questions comparatively to, “What’s your favorite color? What’s your favorite thing to do? What’s your favorite game to play” The key term to observe in both questions is “favorite”. Why are children taught from such a young age to limit themselves to just one thing? One color, one activity, and one game. Is there not more to life than just one thing? Co-author of online blog Shut up and Go Travel, Joanna Franco asks these questions in her article, Not Better or Worse, Just Different. In her article, Joanna also questions why children are limited and states that, “Because people were so uncreative with asking …show more content…
They should just be accepted as is and not immediately subjected to past experiences that may have been “better” in comparison. Children are coached from a young age to compare their feelings and most prized possessions without any regard of the consequences it might have on their future. Joshua Becker, author of Becoming Minimalist: A Helpful Guide to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others, shares, “I’ve lived most of my life comparing myself to others. At first, it was school and sports. But as I got older, I began comparing other metrics: job title, income level, house size, and worldly successes.” Adults do not realize just how much of an impact they have among children when they are taught to constantly compare things, but if it was what they were taught – can they really help it? Perhaps not, but on the other hand, maybe society can learn as a whole to live in the moment and not in the past. If this is taught at a young age, just as the school system teaches subjects, rules and boundaries, perhaps living in the moment can be taught as well, to have a fulfilling