In society today, people who are older and more
experienced are not valued or respected—youth and fame are. It annoys me when magazines interview famous
people or entertainers and ask their opinions on child-rearing or politics, as
if being famous makes a person an authority.
Being famous doesn’t make them any more knowledgeable than the person
next door.
Or when older employees are booted out the
door in favor of the latest college graduate with his or her MBA. The older employee’s years of experience on
the job are far more valuable than someone fresh out of college, even with the best
educational background. Ask any college
graduate in a new job—there are many, many things that college just doesn’t
prepare you for. Companies should value
veteran employees as they can help train new employees and pass on to them the
knowledge they have gained through experience.
Then there is child-raising—
Advice on how to raise children seems to me to change with every generation--at least in the last century. Someone comes up with a theory and it seems that the majority of child development specialists just jump on the bandwagon. A few very wise ones do not. Three that I would recommend at this time are Dr. Ray Guarendi, Dr. James Dobson, and Dr. John Rosemond. The task of raising good children is just too important to take a chance on following the crowd.
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