The thoughts below crossed my mind Thursday morning.
I passed a bus stop. Several kids and...well...about 4 adults. Sad! 
The
condition of this world is degrading friends! We can't even let our
children stand alone with their friends to catch a school bus for 10
minutes. The contrast of the years gone by is sobering folks. This
ain't scientificly researched, but I think it's pretty accurate.
Contrast between say... 1987 and 1957, they weren't too different as
far as the moral condition were they? Compare 1987 with 2007....is
enough said? The gap of moral degeneration and society change between
1987 and 2007 is the same as between 1917and 1957. The pace of this is
frightening and astunding!
We are zipping right along.....double time! The deteriorating world has caught up with us. We better get busy people!
At
ten years old my freedom went as far as my bike and energy would let
me. I could go HOURS unattended without my momma worrying about some
sicko approaching me. The only worrys on my ten year old mind was
where I was going to build my next fort, and keeping the chain tight on
my bicycle. That went ALL THE WAY UP TO MIDDLE SCHOOL!
I
think it's sad to see the kids seated in front of the television,
controller in hand, and the mp3 blaring away in the ears. They are
pale skinned and unhealthy looking. Sad! Don't get me wrong I like
video games too, but IT'S TOO MUCH. This inactivity has caused the
following modern conditions. I will note the real causes below.
ADD: aka: "Another Disillusioned Diagnosis"
HYPERACTIVE: aka: "Not Enough Activity"
This is caused by a severe lack of activity in children AND adults. All children aren't the same and some need to have INTENCE PHYSICAL activity
during free time in order to chill out during quite focused moments.
Recess is pretty much phased out in many public schools; therefore,
your going to get a heapin' dose of some "ADD" and "Hyperactivity" For
some folks when physical activity stops, the activity in the brain
keeps going. Yes, it's as simple as that! Doctors throw pills at it
to squelch it.
Stop it!!!! You are breaking the spirit of children!!!
Did you know it is VERY difficult to estimate and retain the correct dosage.
The side effects of this poison hurt too! Cramps.....depression...indifference! 
I believe that this condition is real, but is WAY over diagnosed and medicated.
If
I didn't get enough activity as a kid I had this very problem!
Fortunately, growing up I had CHILDHOOD FREEDOM. Running up and down
the road screaming like a fool, peddling my bike until my legs hurt,
and getting disciplinary corrections from multiple people from a myriad
of walks of life rounded me out as a silly kid!
My
heart is breaking because I hold my childhood experience, and it's
FREEDOM close to me, and todays kids don't get to have this unless they
live in the woods...even that is dangerous now!!
We had a chance to grow a little before the world hit us square in the face.
Do
I think today's kids are weak? NO...Absolutely not! Today's children
face more as 7 year olds than we did as 11 year olds.
Our
middle schools are full of lascivious behavior in the dark corners and
bathrooms where eyes aren't looking. Yes, it is horrible, yet it
happens. We don't like to think about it; but, the more popular your
youngin' is the more likely he / she is going to be subject to this.
The
times are what they are....what we can do is let our kids know we
trust, love, AND we care. We have to establish an understanding of
violence and sex WAY earlier than we did with our rents! Its a shame,
but it looks like we have to have that talk around 7 or 8 years old
now.....I know...it's shocking, but we better tell em' before someone
else does.
We
need to control what our children see and hear. Not level four lock
down, but at least try! Television is the worst culprit of society
decay! Stop being greedy! Get a DVR and watch it later!!!! Adults can
handle the language, violence, and smut on the TV. Children can't
process it properly. They sometimes end up trying to live it out.
They emulate the personalities they see, this include profanity, ect.
The key is talking with your kids constantly about what they see on TV;
explain to them that it is not the way they should behave if they
accidentally see it. Hellooooooooo!!!!!!!! Remember when you were a
kid? How did you learn how the world worked and life? By watching
others right? If 11 year old mike sees a man grasping and other
"soft" sex scenarios repeatedly over time guess what he might try to do
with little Emily up the street!!!!
Don't
even think you can keep them from trying this out by saying...."now
Mickey....that's what adults do...not kids"......EEHHHH YEAH!
Nice try. Ask any middle school teacher if they have ever caught kids in sexual acts.
TALK
to your children about the stuff they see on TV. A five second
statement will not deter them from acting it out if they take the
notion to do so. They need to know it is not proper. They also need
to know and be reminded that you care and love them CONSTANLY. Their
eyes may roll in the teen years, but they do listen folks.
(The below article was extracted from Probe Ministries) "Violence in Society"
The
Bible teaches that "as a man thinks in his heart, so is he" (Prov.
23:7). What we view and what we think about affects our actions.
Defenders
of television programs say that isn't true. They contend that televised
imagery doesn't make people violent nor does it make people callous to
suffering. But if televised imagery doesn't affect human behavior, then
the TV networks should refund billions of advertising dollars to TV
sponsors.
I could write a novel
Thanks for reading
Christ's Servant
Thomas !
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