Thursday, August 29, 2013

Our Children Are Becoming Jaded


Jaded means dulled or satiated by overindulgence.  One woman wrote that while she was absolutely disgusted by Miley Cyrus' performance, her teenage daughter sat there indifferent about the performance and simply remarked, "Quite a cool act."

One man called Dennis Prager's radio program and said he is in Miley's generation.  The problem is the school system.  He said children grow up seeing all kinds of things from their peers that their parents would never allow them to see.  They are being educated in a values free environment which is desensitizing children to evil.

If your children are in the public school system where God has been thrown out, they are being taught to use condoms, and they are being greatly influenced by their peers, be prepared for children walking in the ways of the world.

It is not going to get better.  It is only going to get worse.  If you want your children to be lights in a dark world, choose to follow Jesus, and walk in holiness,  you need to be careful who they spend their days with for "Bad company corrupts good morals." {I Corinthians 15:33}  Do everything in your power to keep your precious children from becoming jaded about this world's evil.


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Cynthia Swenson · 604 weeks ago

Lori, I think the root of this for young women is that, EVERYWHERE, including Christian marriages sometimes, there is a temptation to flaunt one's sexuality for attention. I think going back to the basics of relationship, love, marriage, & sexuality as an expression of love & APPRECIATING husbands & children to LOVE is a timeless message that young women in our society are DESPERATE to hear because they are so hurt by disposable relationships. This is one reason I love your blog, because you do this well. I think homeschool is ideal, but not everyone can, & in those circumstances, parents can still love & teach their children to love God & genuinely love others, not just "use them". Love & prayers, in Jesus, Cynthia
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Cynthia · 604 weeks ago

[Different Cynthia than the one above]

I'm not a fan of celebrity culture or the obsession with them.

She's one woman, not a representative of the average young woman today. She's doing something for attention. And we're giving it to her. That's why I'm not a big fan of those who think that it's helpful to stand on a soapbox and condemn her. Negative attention is still attention.

Several years ago, I took parenting classes with a mom of 13. When one participant make a comment about some celebrity, she just gave her a blank look and explained that she didn't watch TV or read gossip magazines, so she had no idea who the person was. That was the best response. Instead, her home and her classes were filled with discussions and example of people who were truly righteous.

There is good in this world, but it is our job as parents to highlight that to our children and to constantly point out examples of amazing people, young and old, in our midst, and to encourage them to become one of them.

For example, my daughter's class participated in a program called Project Giveback, which operates in a number of local public and private schools here. Students learns how to research charities, make contact with them, educate the other students about their charity, plan a fundraiser and make a difference. While we were abroad recently, we visited an orphanage and therapeutic facility for disadvantaged children. When the coordinator heard the name of our city, she asked if we knew a certain family, and they turned out to be friends of ours. Our daughter was able to see the results of her young friend's charity work, and they even showed us the industrial fridge that their school purchased after a fundraiser.
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Hannah J · 604 weeks ago

That sounds like a really great program. My husband and I like to research charities before we blindly give to them. So many charities are actually moneymaking machines who only give 5-10% of your donation to the cause, for that reason we always look into charities before we give. It's so sad to think that people in charge of these charities can guilt you into giving, but then use that money for their own purposes instead of what the charity is for. I know that you should get something for all your hard work, but you'd think that at least 80% of what you give would go to the cause....

And on the Miley topic, I agree, she did this for attention and we're giving it to her. I just hope that she sees that it's mostly negative and stops this nonsense. I don't want my 9 month old son to grow up seeing much worse.
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Deb · 604 weeks ago

My oldest son went over to the other side beginning when he was in high school. This has broken our hearts. We have three children who still love the Lord and follow Him, but we hope and pray for the return of the son who is lost. This post is so true. We tried so hard and thought we were on top of everything but we weren't. Our son even met people who were bad influences at church. We hope and pray that he will come back some day and raise a family to follow God, but many, many righteous Christian people are in the same place as us and it is heartbreakingly sad.
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Joluise · 604 weeks ago

While some children turn bad in public schools - most don't and many of my friends children plus my own have all survived public education and have done very well. Parents need to be actively involved and know what is going on, but thats not impossible.

I never used celebrities as role models for my sons and discouraged them from getting to wrapped up in then as they aren't people I want my sons to follow. These celebrities aren't Christian so it isn't surprising at all about how they behave, I am not shocked at all - this is the path many young rich celebrities have taken in recent years. They aren't the brightest kids around.
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Poorly Parented · 603 weeks ago

I don't think jaded is the right word - but I would say they're too used to seeing hyper-sexualized and hyper-feminized images all over the media. I think desensitized would be the better term. Also, I have to respectfully disagree. I don't think you can say all children are reaction less to this. Many in Gen Y and the millennials found is disgusting including me and most people I know my age.
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Kaye · 603 weeks ago

This has little to do with public schools. Kids can get this stuff everywhere...tv, radio, posters at walmart for goodness sake. I think the goal as parents should be to teach kids why Miley Cyrus is not a good role model, for those who know who she is (of course, no reason to bring it up if they don't know who Miley is). This will not only not create an attraction toward the taboo that people often follow, but it will help them make their own choices in the future, which is our job as parents in the first place, in my opinion.

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