In Colin Powell’s TED talk “Kids Need Structure”, he discusses how if you can start children in life with structure, they will be able to be more successful later. Structure teaches kids to listen and follow directions. It also teaches them personal responsibility. Good starts begin at home. In a community and network-if there are people who will be disappointed if you fail, you will be driven to do well. He gives examples in his own life, how he started out without much direction but once he joined the ROTC in college, which gave him structure, he flourished. Once you have your gift of a good start, he encourages people to give back in various ways: mentor kids, work with schools to give kids a positive role models.
I think this idea is amazing. We have chosen to raise our kids with quite a lot of structure and personal responsibility. We also feel that it will help with character building and future successes. In addition, giving back is a theme in our home too. We have always said that you don't raise children, you raise children to be adults. We want our children to grow into kind, thoughtful, generous adults, so we start out teaching them that young, not waiting for them to grow into it.
This TED talk sounds interesting and I really want to watch it. It sounds like he did a good job with giving successful tips on how structure helps children.
ReplyDeleteI am a big fan of Colin Powell so this Ted Talk piqued my interest the second you mentioned it in class a few weeks ago. Voices like his need to be broadcasted into mass media more and more. The military structure can seem harsh from the surface, but it is the teachings that lie underneath that make it so crucial, and he does a great job of explaining it in this talk.
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