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How can we best prepare our children for the future?

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Posted on Mar 24th, 2008 by Siona : Synchronicity Coordinator Siona
What knowledge, skills and values and will our children need to flourish in their lifetimes? Do you know an especially gifted parent, caregiver or educator? What can we learn from them? Who are the children in your life and how are you preparing them?

(This week is Conversation Week 2008, and in hopes of encouraging discussion around these "most important questions in the world" and connecting people worldwide in these dialogues, we'll be participating through the QaRs. Answer here, but think, too, about asking those around you the same questions, or inviting not-yet-friends to offer their thoughts.

You can find out more about Conversation Week here. Also, please consider this week, and these questions, as a way to connect through our own in-person Gaia Gatherings!)

And not to worry. At the end of the week we'll be back to our regular programming. :)
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I would prepare children by...

Posted on Dec 3rd, 2008 by Michael : Citizen Michael

I would prepare children by giving them nothing and then seeing what they did with it. Too many times have children been given everything and then become nothing. If you don't give them anything they... More »

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There is a fine line...

Posted on May 14th, 2008 by Sarah

There is a fine line between living in the present and preparing our children for the future because we really have to do both.  Living in the present is the best thing we can do... More »

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After being put in a...

Posted on Apr 20th, 2008 by smokey

After being put in a position of raising children on my own as a single father ( circumstances beyond my control ), and particularly those great teenage years, my only question is simply this; "Whoever hid... More »

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Future is only a thought,...

Posted on Apr 14th, 2008 by unlimited : Explorer in Consciousness unlimited

Future is only a thought, similar to the past, which is only remembrance. The only thing that exists ist the present - the now. So there is nothing to be "prepared" but rather to be... More »

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Education is key in order...

Posted on Apr 10th, 2008 by allison

Education is key in order to prepare the children of the world for the future.  So many young people don't know what's going on in the world, nor do they learn events of the past... More »

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In addition to emphasizing education,...

Posted on Apr 1st, 2008 by shivermetimbers01

In addition to emphasizing education, I think we should teach our children to be less callous.  In other words, we need to look out for each other instead of just ourselves.  Unfortunately, the current trend... More »

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    I'd really like to...

Posted on Mar 27th, 2008 by Scott : Integral Introverted Narcissist Scott

    I'd really like to see parenting licenses.  I mean, we have to get a license to drive a car.  We have to get a license to cut someone else's hair.  We have to get... More »

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Preparing our children is most...

Posted on Mar 27th, 2008 by ginlei : reality checkn' ginlei

Preparing our children is most essental life lesson they could learn. What? You say. As a child I was NOT prepared by anyone to be an adult. Choices? Unheard of. decidsions? Couldn't possibly imagen what... More »

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These come to mind right...

Posted on Mar 27th, 2008 by Inutile Perspicuity : Inutile Perspicuity Inutile Perspicuity

These come to mind right off the top of my head… Respond to all challenges with encouragement. Be brutally honest whenever possible. Try to offer both sides to personal observations. Trust them more as they... More »

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Live in the NOW.

Posted on Mar 27th, 2008 by mandalafly : Kisser of Kozmic Frogs mandalafly

Live in the NOW.

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