Submitted by: Hoang Yen Nguyen
The Impact Of Family To Culture
How does the importance of family background affect culture? We know that family is a big role in society where the children are taught about the primaries of manner, behavior, in these days, we can say the" peer group “or even " media" really raise the children so family background is very important.
The impact of good family is expressed by the way children act. Back in that day, if you were disrespectful to elders and parents, you will get a smack on her hands or a time out. Everybody had to go to school and did their homework every day. There was no arguing or talking back to the teachers and parents. Moms always were at home to give their children snacks and tell them do homework when kids came back from school. Every kids were educated carefully the importance of honesty and responsibilities. Besides, they had to earn the things they wanted. The parents did not give a gift for their children with no reasons. 
Now, the laws make the immature teens have more power than parents. They say:" if you hit me, I'll call the police" so the parents have to back off in fear of prosecution. The kids have been out of control. They do sex, drugs, drinking and disrespecting elders. We can see that those of bad consequences happen because of parents' neglects. When the kids come home from school, nobody is there to give them snacks or ask about their school days. The kids are growing-up in the street because their parents don't spent time with them. They are making adult decisions with their underdeveloped-minds and ending up to be a 13 or 14 years old singled-mom. Their parents are going to be 26 or 28 years old grandparents. Sometimes some girls don't even know who the father of their child is. The rate of the kids dropping-out of school is higher because their parents either are a single parent or not have a high school diploma.
I am really scared to think that those kids who have no education, ill manners, and bad behaviors will be our future leaders? That is terrifying. There are very few youth today who have been instilled with good moral values from their family. However, more kids are going out partying with their "young parents" and that is really sad. Where are all the "big mommies “and "big pops"? We need them desperately to be more responsibilites to their generations.
I am really scared to think that those kids who have no education, ill manners, and bad behaviors will be our future leaders? That is terrifying. There are very few youth today who have been instilled with good moral values from their family. However, more kids are going out partying with their "young parents" and that is really sad. Where are all the "big mommies “and "big pops"? We need them desperately to be more responsibilites to their generations.
Submitted by Christopher Getz
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry, but I have to disagree with a lot of your argument. There's a lot of historical relativism here (things were better "back in the day" than they are now) without any exploration or explanation of the "when" in which you're comparing modern times to. I also think that when comparing modern, present-day situations to past situations it's important to be very careful to not romanticize or sanitize the past.
While the image of children today may be that they are less well-behaved or well-mannered than they were in the past, it's also true that corporal punishment for children-- both in home and at schools-- is much less acceptable than it is today.
In the case of something like corporal punishment, we as a society may find it useful to answer the question of which is more important to us, discouraging physical violence against children in our families, homes, and institutions, or ensuring that children are always as well-behaved and well-mannered as possible, and using the harshest discipline possible to ensure this remains true?
Elona Perllaku
ReplyDeleteHi , I have to partially agree and disagree with both of you. When we talk about families and the complexity that comes with it we have to be very careful because this is e very broad and complex topic . However, from my personal life and based in the lecture in the class, I have to accept that that we are moving away from each other and our family .We are becoming isolated within Families and this due to the Technology and Consumerism. We don't spend quality time with each other. I wouldn't consider punishment for children or for no body else,but according to the statistics In 1930 2 percent of the U.S. population lived alone . In 2000, some 10 percent . Those are disturbing numbers that tell us that we intend to like leaving alone from our families and each other consequently we don't spend time with or children to help them with their education and also help them improve their behavior .