It is commonly said that today’s children are pressurized as were yesterday’s adults.
That’s true in the sense that children are facing harder and harder academic, social and
commercial challenges. It is happening simply because of the ever increasing demands
of life, from the same perspectives, on humans in general. While it is important that
children excel in their age to become successful as adults, they must be shielded from
the mounting pressure by maintaining a balance between material and psychological
growth.
As the global village becomes more and more competitive everyday, it becomes
important for us to prepare for the fight, so to speak, earlier and earlier. This is realized
by all, which triggers societies to push their juveniles during their learning stage.
The other thing that is contributing to this ever rising pressure on children is the lack
institutional opportunities, especially in developing countries. Now, more than ever,
children are having to race each other for reaching the privilege of higher education.
While healthy competition is helpful for the psycho-social development of young ones,
it is rather unhealthy when the race becomes more prominent than the objective. Of
course the objective of children competing against each other ideally is brining the best
out of themselves. But, very frequently, a child is compelled to compete for becoming
better than the other. In other words, the competition becomes a brawl rather than being
a sprint.
To stop such spiteful struggle among our young, we must first establish a sense of
camaraderie within all our developmental institutions, such as schools and colleges.
Students must contest for academic betterment, not social supremacy. Also, parents
should get proactively involved in promoting sportsmanship among learners. They must
not allow vile aggressiveness and their own vengefulness in the lives of their children.
To sustain such social reformation the government must establish ample alternatives to
the traditional route to success.
It is
commonly
said that
today
’s
children
are pressurized
as were yesterday’s adults.
That’s true in the sense that
children
are facing harder and harder academic, social and
commercial
challenges. It is happening
simply
because
of the
ever increasing
demands
of
life, from the same perspectives, on humans
in general
. While it is
important
that
children excel in their age to
become
successful as adults, they
must
be shielded
from
the mounting pressure by maintaining a balance between material and psychological
growth
.
As the global village
becomes
more and more competitive
everyday
, it becomes
important
for us to prepare for the fight,
so
to speak, earlier and earlier. This is
realized
by
all, which triggers societies to push their juveniles during their learning stage.
The
other
thing
that is
contributing to this ever rising pressure on
children
is the lack
institutional
opportunities,
especially
in
developing countries
.
Now
, more than ever,
children are having to race each
other
for reaching the privilege of higher education.
While healthy competition is helpful for the psycho-social development of young ones,
it is
rather
unhealthy when the race
becomes
more prominent than the objective. Of
course the objective of
children
competing against each
other
ideally
is brining the best
out
of themselves.
But
,
very
frequently
, a child
is compelled
to compete for becoming
better
than the
other
. In
other
words, the competition
becomes
a brawl
rather
than
being
a
sprint.
To
stop
such spiteful struggle among our young, we
must
first
establish a sense of
camaraderie
within all our developmental institutions, such as schools and colleges.
Students
must
contest for academic betterment, not social supremacy.
Also
, parents
should
get
proactively
involved in promoting sportsmanship among learners. They
must
not
allow
vile aggressiveness and their
own
vengefulness
in the
lives
of their children.
To sustain such social reformation the
government
must
establish ample alternatives to
the
traditional route to success.