When I listen to my 6 year old precocious cousin speak beyond her years, I am bedazzled. I wonder what her influences are. I am sure you would find innumerable such instances. The fact is however that the new generation of politically correct children can give their parents a full blown tutorial on subjects ranging from the ill effects of nicotine to global warming. They are born with the acumen to do so which we did not.
They frown at you if you leave the water running while brushing your teeth, they protest if you are attending calls while driving and they are endearingly protective about the earth treating it as an extension of their homes. They throw out buzzwords like “global warming” with an ease which we would have used to pronounce “ice-cream.” Smoking, littering, pollution and junk food have all been taboo to them. They avoid fire crackers and soft drinks also. We could not even imagine such high levels of maturity when we were young.
The current educational system can claim to take a share of developing such maturity in children. That is because the awareness is being drilled into them right from the day they enter school, at the pre-nursery level. There is also a conscious imperative coming out of the educational system. Almost all schools have introduced environmental awareness as a core subject in their curriculum.Teachers are much more inclined to touch upon core issues when they are young and also the kids are much more intelligent.
It is very refreshing indeed that our children are so mature. It is not the policy makers nor the presidents, but this army of little people, who would save our planet from death and destruction.
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