Culture is killing our young people
In the last 6 months 3 people i knew well for a period of my life have passed away. Each and everyone of these lives were precious and its such a tragedy.
On reflection of these lives which were lost so young i think about what our culture is saying and why this is happening. People being told who they are isn't good enough, people investing so much into individuals/success and losing it all when something falls apart and not knowing how to cope or people living life with the idea of #yolo (you only live once) . Of course this is just a generalisation but i dont know what to do about this. Its bothering me that people are losing their lives, and their loved ones for things that shouldnt happen.
How can we change culture so that we don't lose our young people?
how can we raise a generation of young people to learn to value the realities of life and help them better face the challenges that come?
I dont think culture is just killing our young people physically, i think it goes further than that.
Culture is putting such a pressure on our young people in other areas of our lives. Pressure to hit town and not remember saturday nights, pressure to make that 'special' connection with your partner in order for your relationship to be valid, pressure to live each day like its your last, to try whatever because you might not get another chance.
Do people not see this as dangerous?
Is culture shouting louder than common sense and morals and values?
Are people being brought up with the same values or are parents, responsible adults and others hearing what culture is saying too?
Culture is killing our young people, it is killing the innocence of young children by forcing them to grow up to early, to have opinions of things that they shouldn't worry about now, by producing clothes which is too short and inappropriate for young people to be wearing.
Culture is killing our young people, it is killing the meaning and the special bond that is found is sex and in marriage, by telling young people that it is an important thing and a must to understand any relationship and that you therefore must "try before you buy".
Culture is killing our young people, it is killing them by the high and unrealistic standards and judgments it is setting for the way all young people must dress, the way young people must look, the need to succeed, the stereotype/boxes people have to fit into.
Culture is killing our young people and I don't like it. I don't like losing my friends, I don't like seeing my friends in pain because they feel they don't measure up, i don't like seeing kids younger than me starting to believe these pressures and standards. And i don't like that i don't know what to do about it.
I don't want to lose another friend or hear of another young persons life physically taken too young, i don't want to see generations of young people wasting their lives and aimlessly following all that culture is saying.
I want to kill this culture, change the #yolo culture into a culture which honours life, a culture that strives for more and a culture which takes steps away from the pressures to follow the crowd and steps towards following their beliefs and following their morals and values.
I don't exactly know how to do this but i'm 20 years old and know i can make a change, know that God has a bigger plan for my life. I know that I want to make a stand to speak out against some of the incorrect things culture is saying to young people. I know that i'm not going to sit around and watch this happen around me anymore.
Will anyone else stand with me?
What can we do to protect our young people?
How can we kill this culture and bring to life a culture which nurtures and grows our young people?
On reflection of these lives which were lost so young i think about what our culture is saying and why this is happening. People being told who they are isn't good enough, people investing so much into individuals/success and losing it all when something falls apart and not knowing how to cope or people living life with the idea of #yolo (you only live once) . Of course this is just a generalisation but i dont know what to do about this. Its bothering me that people are losing their lives, and their loved ones for things that shouldnt happen.
How can we change culture so that we don't lose our young people?
how can we raise a generation of young people to learn to value the realities of life and help them better face the challenges that come?
I dont think culture is just killing our young people physically, i think it goes further than that.
Culture is putting such a pressure on our young people in other areas of our lives. Pressure to hit town and not remember saturday nights, pressure to make that 'special' connection with your partner in order for your relationship to be valid, pressure to live each day like its your last, to try whatever because you might not get another chance.
Do people not see this as dangerous?
Is culture shouting louder than common sense and morals and values?
Are people being brought up with the same values or are parents, responsible adults and others hearing what culture is saying too?
Culture is killing our young people, it is killing the innocence of young children by forcing them to grow up to early, to have opinions of things that they shouldn't worry about now, by producing clothes which is too short and inappropriate for young people to be wearing.
Culture is killing our young people, it is killing the meaning and the special bond that is found is sex and in marriage, by telling young people that it is an important thing and a must to understand any relationship and that you therefore must "try before you buy".
Culture is killing our young people, it is killing them by the high and unrealistic standards and judgments it is setting for the way all young people must dress, the way young people must look, the need to succeed, the stereotype/boxes people have to fit into.
Culture is killing our young people and I don't like it. I don't like losing my friends, I don't like seeing my friends in pain because they feel they don't measure up, i don't like seeing kids younger than me starting to believe these pressures and standards. And i don't like that i don't know what to do about it.
I don't want to lose another friend or hear of another young persons life physically taken too young, i don't want to see generations of young people wasting their lives and aimlessly following all that culture is saying.
I want to kill this culture, change the #yolo culture into a culture which honours life, a culture that strives for more and a culture which takes steps away from the pressures to follow the crowd and steps towards following their beliefs and following their morals and values.
I don't exactly know how to do this but i'm 20 years old and know i can make a change, know that God has a bigger plan for my life. I know that I want to make a stand to speak out against some of the incorrect things culture is saying to young people. I know that i'm not going to sit around and watch this happen around me anymore.
Will anyone else stand with me?
What can we do to protect our young people?
How can we kill this culture and bring to life a culture which nurtures and grows our young people?
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