Raising Glass Children
Children and by extension all people are glass, glass absorbs the fingerprints of those who hold it and the scratches of those who are careless. The idea that raising a child properly via simple adherence to a child raising doctrine is absurd. Mitch Albom, in “The Five "People You Meet In Heaven” laments that parents can “smudge” “crack” and even “shatter” the “pristine glass” that symbolizes youth and teenagers, what Albom fails to recognize is that it is not only adults that shape children. Raising a child is not as simple as not scratching, or not breaking them, it is to show kids how to think for themselves, how to make responsible choices and to strive to be good people. Parents are not the only factor in whether or not a child is damaged, due to adolescents becoming ensnared by external factors that shape them into adults, for better or for worse.
When parents raise a child they attempt to impart their accumulated knowledge, experiences and values into their sons and daughters incidentally in “The Moths” the father of the narrator, “dug his …show more content…
Becoming a young adult demands guidance, and the freedom to make one’s own decisions. Raising a child is a path fraught with pitfalls and situations that require the understanding of a significant amount of nuance. Children like glass absorb the fingerprints of those who attempt to shape them, adolescents receive the scratches of those who invade their privacy and attempt to hurt them, and teenagers can crack completely under the stress placed on them. Mitch Albom’s claim that parents damage their children falls short of the full scope of what goes into raising one. Damaging youth is not a monopoly held onto by adults and parents, it is something that society, and the child themselves also takes part
Children and by extension all people are glass, glass absorbs the fingerprints of those who hold it and the scratches of those who are careless. The idea that raising a child properly via simple adherence to a child raising doctrine is absurd. Mitch Albom, in “The Five "People You Meet In Heaven” laments that parents can “smudge” “crack” and even “shatter” the “pristine glass” that symbolizes youth and teenagers, what Albom fails to recognize is that it is not only adults that shape children. Raising a child is not as simple as not scratching, or not breaking them, it is to show kids how to think for themselves, how to make responsible choices and to strive to be good people. Parents are not the only factor in whether or not a child is damaged, due to adolescents becoming ensnared by external factors that shape them into adults, for better or for worse.
When parents raise a child they attempt to impart their accumulated knowledge, experiences and values into their sons and daughters incidentally in “The Moths” the father of the narrator, “dug his …show more content…
Becoming a young adult demands guidance, and the freedom to make one’s own decisions. Raising a child is a path fraught with pitfalls and situations that require the understanding of a significant amount of nuance. Children like glass absorb the fingerprints of those who attempt to shape them, adolescents receive the scratches of those who invade their privacy and attempt to hurt them, and teenagers can crack completely under the stress placed on them. Mitch Albom’s claim that parents damage their children falls short of the full scope of what goes into raising one. Damaging youth is not a monopoly held onto by adults and parents, it is something that society, and the child themselves also takes part