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                        Many children grow up with the ownership mindset and this makes them seek for what the government and society will do for them rather than what should be their contribution to society. Many youths today find it had to be selfless or engage in volunteer service due to their childhood experience. The inability to volunteer or be committed to meeting the needs of others is the bane of corruption and social decadence. The best time to start is now. Children need to be enlightened about the need to be less self-focused and more others-focused. VALUES CHILDREN NEED TO KNOW  1.  MAKE THEM RESPONSIBLE FOR OTHERS:  Parent needs to consciously inculcate in children the need to look out for others.  2.   INFUSE VOLUNTEERING IN THEIR VACATION  A parent once told me how a visit to Modupe Cole changed the life of her teenage son, who had always believed tha...

Children often feel bad when they approach us, as parents for something they want to buy and we tell them there is no money or we can't buy it now. To some of them: " Daddy don't just want to buy it " or " mummy is just being difficult ".  It forms a bad pattern when children get used to the culture of " there is no money", "No you can not have it", "We can not buy it now", "Stop wasting my money", "Monies are not plucked on trees", "do you think I steal money" and much more. Many children make a request because they know and believe it is Daddy and mummy's responsibility to provide everything and whenever this fails to happen, they feel less loved. It might be just best to enlighten them about how people earn money or income and how money circulates. When children are made to understand how salaries are being paid then they would be more considerate rather than being wasteful or un...