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Corrupt Australia presents an alternative to the politically correct channels of debate to reveal and scrutinize the skewed structure/design of modern Australian society. We also seek to encourage autonomous Australian culture which is free from the standardizing and overly materialistic clutches of globalisation and which encourages citizens to go further than simply contributing to a quantity over quality mindset and the banal and unsustainable conditions under which we may increase our love for and attainment of material mass. |
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"I'LL DO WHAT I WANT"Discipline and teaching children to understand that there are consequences for bad behaviour is another area that parents ignore. Parents are now afraid to say no to a child for fear of being unpopular and thus the child does not understand the concept of not getting what they want even when their behaviour in getting what they want is unacceptable. There are countless examples of children behaving badly we all know them, the boy that hits its mother because she won't give him his toy, the little girl that runs amok in the shops and won't sit still, and the parent that sits on the sideline unable to take control of the little terror that is only four years old. I often ask who's in charge here? Parents are so stupid that they even take this a step further by protecting there precious little darling from being disciplined even at school. An example is where a student gets in trouble for cheating yet the parent will stupidly intervene and say their child is innocent and accuse the teacher of actually picking on their child. Thus children now have the mentality of "I'll do what I want!!" regardless of how this will affect others and themselves. Parents need to actually intervene when the child is behaving badly and inflict some form of punishment. Children need to understand that there are consequences for bad behaviour. Parents overprotect their children and do not allow them to experience hardship and do everything for them. Parents should make children do tasks that include everyday chores like keeping their rooms clean and helping out in the kitchen and garden. Parents should also encourage kids to get out into the local environment and explore their surroundings, instead parents are comfortable with children staying inside and being passively entertained, thus remaining safe from outside dangers. Parents need to realise the value of character building for their children and that hardships should be part of their life experience. Providing this in today's modern western society is difficult because everything is so safe and comfortable. However, any sort of scout group, brownie group, summer camps, cadetships or boot camp should definitely be something to be considered as something they should participate in whether they like it or not. In past times children of aristocratic families who had the means and free time to immediately satisfy every desire and who were thus in danger of becoming slothful and ignorant about hardship and childishly self centred a la your Hiltons were variously sent to strict boarding schools, military camps, or were at least educated and tested in the ways of character, knowledge and combat by private tutors. Today parents focus on the feelings and desires of their offspring and overindulge on their every whim. Children are given the latest toys and gadgets including TV's, DVD players and computers. Parents think that by providing the material things that their children desire, they will be content and feel loved, while this is true to an extent they also need to be taught the value of working for things and not to expect everything to be given to them. Parents need to use a reward system based on good behaviour and hard work. An example would be to set tasks and reward children for achieving these tasks while not rewarding laziness, whether this is inside or outside the home. The task of bringing children into this world and raising them is a significant one and it is important to recognise its profound social consequences. Parents need to establish a value system based on reward and punishment and ignore liberal notions of freedom and wellbeing for children regardless of their behaviour. Parents need to be bound by a set of roles, duties and responsibilities to guide the next generation in life and into adulthood. By Nicaea 
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Think of it all - of the life that is! Study your friends and foes! - Henry Lawson |
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