Global Conscious Kids

I remembered the famous humanitarian child named Craig Kielburger. He was the beacon in the mass media while the media was so into negative stories and negative images. Craig Kielburger's parents were involved in civic duties and pulled him into the duties as well when he was growing up. Interesting was that when he went through the closets to get rid off clothes they didn't need. They didn't throw them in the donation bins, his parents and him brought clothes to shelters or missions to see people. Eventually, Craig helped children from all over the world and founded the international charity Free the Children and the social enterprise Me to We. He inspired me for a brief time until I returned to the harsh reality. His happy face printed in my memory until I started volunteering and socializing with social-conscious people, I grew to be social-conscious and continued to be. Despite of hardships that had thrown at me; I admitted that I had the attitude to screw up the world sometimes. I keep returning to faith in promoting peace and security in the world. That is true that there are a lot of things that need to be fixed or improved but the world is blessed with so many social-conscious people who are the army against cruelty. Secretly, I want the mass media to focus on social-conscious people more because I believe that it inspires ever more people to become social-conscious. This way can expand the social-conscious army to heal wounds. The media continues focusing on negative things although the humankind is not at the end of rope. Look at these innocent human babies; they show their unconditional love toward the earth and creatures. So we should maintain their innocence and pure love for everything; we need to encourage them to engage in social-conscious activities and tell them stories. According to the Alive magazine stated that experts discovered that children who engaged in social-conscious activities had greater self-esteem, enchanted their social and psychological development, and make healthier lifestyle choices.
                                                
 If I have my own kid, I will talk with my kid about any topics that interest my kid. I wonder how can I explain a difficult subject to a 12 years old kid because I do not want my kid to be scarred from bad news. I acknowledge that we are living in the media-driven society and there is no way to shield my kid from negative stories and images. I think it is risk to address delicate topics to my kid as I think I should not assume that my kid knows nothing about the world. It is important to see cues if my kid is comfortable to discuss on a serious topic but if she/he is not comfortable, then I will back off. I don't think it is a good idea to talk about serious topics with my kid all the time because never know my kid might starts thinking there are not many or no good news in the world. I am afraid that it might cause my kid from doing the social-conscious activities in the future.

Perhaps, I should have a kid someday. Just kidding.

-Tamyka Bullen