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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 660448" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>This is bit off topic, but I wanted to elaborate why I feel physical labour is so good for our troubled kids; and also for us at times. </p><p></p><p>Most work nowadays are either abstract or never-ending or both. I know that in my work, every paper that comes in front of me and which I somehow resolve seems to bring birth to two other papers that are soon on my desk (or well, on my computer.) Many of our troubled kids work, if they work, in retail, fast food or other type of customer service. In that customers also never end. You serve that one customer, then the next till your shift runs out. And same again the next day. It makes it difficult to feel much accomplishment of anything.</p><p></p><p>And often our troubled kids have had very few experiences of accomplishments, graduating from anything or finishing anything. That is hard for self-esteem despite all the bravado they may put out over those things.</p><p></p><p>When you work in physical labour, even in one day you usually actually accomplish something. You may even finish it. You can actually look and see what you have done, how much better that things now is than at the morning when you started. While working you also learn new, actual, concrete skills, which is also huge self-esteem builder. For some time now society has tried to build kids' self-esteem on telling them how awesome they are and how they can accomplish anything if they just try. But often kids are not getting much experiences of accomplishing something in concrete level. And in reality self-esteem is built on feeling that accomplishment over something.</p><p></p><p>I'm a professional. My work requires Master's degree, I supervise other people and in fact my work is even meaningful. Still it seldomly gives me similar sense of accomplishment than for example turning a vegetable bed over at spring and planting the cucumbers on it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 660448, member: 14557"] This is bit off topic, but I wanted to elaborate why I feel physical labour is so good for our troubled kids; and also for us at times. Most work nowadays are either abstract or never-ending or both. I know that in my work, every paper that comes in front of me and which I somehow resolve seems to bring birth to two other papers that are soon on my desk (or well, on my computer.) Many of our troubled kids work, if they work, in retail, fast food or other type of customer service. In that customers also never end. You serve that one customer, then the next till your shift runs out. And same again the next day. It makes it difficult to feel much accomplishment of anything. And often our troubled kids have had very few experiences of accomplishments, graduating from anything or finishing anything. That is hard for self-esteem despite all the bravado they may put out over those things. When you work in physical labour, even in one day you usually actually accomplish something. You may even finish it. You can actually look and see what you have done, how much better that things now is than at the morning when you started. While working you also learn new, actual, concrete skills, which is also huge self-esteem builder. For some time now society has tried to build kids' self-esteem on telling them how awesome they are and how they can accomplish anything if they just try. But often kids are not getting much experiences of accomplishing something in concrete level. And in reality self-esteem is built on feeling that accomplishment over something. I'm a professional. My work requires Master's degree, I supervise other people and in fact my work is even meaningful. Still it seldomly gives me similar sense of accomplishment than for example turning a vegetable bed over at spring and planting the cucumbers on it. [/QUOTE]
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