Apr 6 2011: Absolutely. Nurturing children must come first. Parents depend on society way too much (schools, daycares, sports teams and coaches, etc.) to bring their children up, and do not realize they are doing so. Because most parents are both working or there is a single parent, it is really hard to just say parents must concentrate on nurturing their kids first. Many parents are just kids themselves with no prior learning on how to be parents. And this is something you can't just say to a parent before one gets defensive and says "I have no other choice." As the essay quoted Thomas Paine in Common Sense, "A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom."
Apr 6 2011: I am trying here, its not that hard. My body naturally does not want meat. My son is three, since his birth his body did not prefer meat. This is what really opened my eyes.
Apr 6 2011: How real are these reality shows I wonder? The first time I caught a glimpse of Jersey Shore I was embarrassed for the American culture. However, there are programs on that are still educational if you can find them. What happened to the Naked Chef anyway? I can not find his program anymore...here in US. Television plays a huge part of molding our society and like our streets when we step outside, is surrounded with unnecessary trash. I guess we keep cleaning it up as much as we can. With the acculturation of America in South Korea since the war, for instance, American media has actually brought women there more feminism. But at the same time the Korean culture and music has made a dramatic change, not neccesarily for the worse but more... American. A lot of the culture is being changed left with the older generation, and they aren't too happy about that..Of course along with TV we have to also consider the mere presence of the military there too.
We need more Science programs scattered throughout instead of an individual channel that kids can just pass by here in the US, we are so far behind. We need laws here that do not allow toddlers to sit in front of a television all day long. How about more shows with Alton Brown? Food+ Science together ;)
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We need more Science programs scattered throughout instead of an individual channel that kids can just pass by here in the US, we are so far behind. We need laws here that do not allow toddlers to sit in front of a television all day long. How about more shows with Alton Brown? Food+ Science together ;)