It is one thing to purely entertain but another to spread a good message. Young children are very susceptible to what they view on the big and small screen. Thus, it must be taken up by the film and TV industry to create entertainment where civic engagement is made part in the strategic plan of almost every national higher education association.
It is important to attain the process of disempowerment understand how we can move forward from them. There is a need to let go of all our feelings of control and domination. Children learn from what they see and believe. If you act a certain way, they are bound to repeat the same mistakes. Our expectations set us for disappointment and move us away from the higher goal of what we desire with our children and society. We need to understand that our expectations cannot be limited or selfish. It is necessary to incorporate self improvement as long as it pertains to the higher cause of social improvement.
Mindfulness is an important aspect that films must concentrate one. Here, the parent must be attentive of all that the child needs and all that is mandatory to be followed in order to bring about the social change. The stronger this is the better are the chances of raising them up as better citizens. As a socially aware young generation, they can wok wonders for transforming the moral and social set up of the country.
Perspective taking refers to a process whereby the child’s perspective is nurtured through the perspective adapted by parents. Hence, there is a need to develop a proper outlook towards yourself and the world. There can also reversal where the parent takes up a child’s perspective which can change views and actions as parents. This as a result will also help in fashioning a better group of social individual.
There is also a need to define what authority is and change the meaning from one with negative connotations to a positive one. This is a difficult journey and will need certain amount of patience and proper tactics so that this is firmly incorporated in our mind sets. There are various moments of frustration like when we are constantly questioned by the children who share our lives and we fail to realize that this is an opportunity for transformative learning. Patience is essential if one wishes to bring about this change.
