Children See. Children Do. Make Your Influence Positive
Right now, nobody is flying due to the Covid – 19 virus travel restrictions. When we do get back to normal, be sure you give the right signals to your child(ren) in circumstances like the one about the Delta Ticket Agent at the end of this post. And as you watch the video, see if you can remember wishing you had provided a better example to your child in an annoying situation you didn’t handle very well. I was convicted!
A Powerful Ad Campaign Titled Children See Children Do
The video shows adults that children will mimic what they see… especially from people who are their role models.
Australia’s National Association for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, launched the Children See Children Do thought-provoking television/cinema campaign in 2009. Watch this video and, if it moves you, share it with others… especially with those who have children.
This video features children following adults, mimicking their habits. At first, the pattern appears innocuous, talking on a mobile phone while walking through a city square, making a call on a public telephone, waiting behind the yellow line in a railway station. The behavior becomes more insidious with a girl copying a woman’s smoking habits on an escalator. A boy follows as a grown man carelessly knocks a struggling mother’s bag off her shoulder.
Dad & Son Littering Screen Shot
We see examples of litter, drunken behavior, road rage, racism and cruelty to animals. A woman yells at her baby, accompanied by her older daughter. A man is joined by his son as he verbally and physically abuses his wife.
The clip finishes with a scene from a public parking garage where a man assists a woman whose groceries spilled. The children join in.
The tagline for Child-Friendly Parenting: “Make your influence positive.”
Watch!
What do you think?
Do actions speak louder than words?
How important are the actions of parents in shaping the values of their children?
Etc.
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Children See. Children Do. Make Your Influence Positive
I appreciate it!
Dick S
