Why Do Young People...

On the back of a national campaign backed by O2 called ‘Why Do’, and seeing the numerous issues brought up by parents inspired the creation of this book.

In today’s society we have a vast number of problems to face, the apparent breakdown of family and family values does not help the situation.

The Why Do Q&A website allows adults to ask young people why they do the things they do and after close observation, I noticed there is a huge gap, even a disconnection between parents and children. Things that should be basic for parents to understand have become complicated, clouded problems that further wedge the communications between adults and young people.

I have created this book, ideally to help reconnect adults to their children and what they may be going through. What you get out of this book is very much down to you remembering what it was like to be a child and putting yourself in the shoes of your child or if you do not have a child, in the shoes of the children you may make assumptions about everyday.

So, Why Do parents need a book like this?

On evidence of the questions adults are asking young people on the ‘Why Do?’ website, it would seem that many parents have the same problems dealing with, understanding or communicating with their children, from very young ages.

This doesn’t shine a good light on the depth of the generation gap and points to a possibly irreversible problem, and I believe if parents have a very short and simple resource they can refer to as a guide, they may have a better chance increasing relations with the young people in their lives.

Look out for the release of Part 1 soon!

This is an excerpt from my upcoming short book “Why Do for Parents” which is being developed on the back of my ‘WhyDo’ campaign. It is being designed to help adults understand what their children go through in different areas of life and how it affects what they do - please give any feedback! Enjoy!

In a society where being “perfect” is praised and imperfect despised, raising disabled children was never going to be easy. It is even harder for the disabled child.

Being hearing impaired myself, I have experienced this first-hand; at times it is a feeling of isolation, of frustration at not having the same faculties as everyone else, even a sense of injustice. How we may be perceived by others always is a problem for a disabled child, the fear of reprimand and rejection causes them to retreat into solitude, their own personal world where they can feel safe being themselves.

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Lack of interest. - That is the simple answer, the easy answer.

But if we take it deeper and look at why this is the case then maybe we can pinpoint the missing links.

When I was growing up I was taught to love learning, I was encouraged to be curious, to ask questions to explore my environment.

Although I was taught at home, I always saw every morning as an opportunity to learn something new, I loved learning.

In today’s society, I don’t get the impression that young people enjoy learning, when I work in schools I don’t get the feeling that I am in an environment that fosters curiosity. Curiosity is part of the innocence of youth, every child needs to understand their environment and learning is an important part of that.

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