Surrounding myself on a daily basis with the young ones made me constantly think about how are kids being raised. And raising here means not just by parents, but also on how their surroundings are affecting them on how to think.
I am afraid that kids are somehow being silently and slowly pressured to feel answerable to those surrounding them. You know, every time you meet a relative, they always ask about how are you performing at school. And when you answer, you always have to find only beautiful or pleasing things to say. Sometimes when it still sounds okay to you but when your relative hear something that sounds different or less perfect(to them), they will react in an awkward way. As if there is something wrong with you.
I am not sure whether this is just one of my "over-thinking" opinions.
But I have to say that I am honestly afraid that these kids will grow up thinking that they do things for 1) the sake of people. 2) to boast that they are better than those who are unfortunate to achieve equally as them. As if a specific standard has been set for everyone.
How far have our society come to understand that appreciating diversities in any form is a must. It is sad that at such a young age, they can't accept losing once in a while or even if they have to fail several times. The feeling of being a total loser rest throughout their lives. I understand that as a "sebaik-baik penciptaan", humans have the capability to be the best and triumph in extraordinary ways. But have we lost faith in giving rooms to a little bit of failure and "trying" moments throughout our lives?
Because sometimes we think that we have to be strong all the time that we forgot that the among the root words of "insan" means "lemah" and "lupa."
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