Monkey's Observe

Have you ever heard the phrase "Don't blame me, I'm just a kid!"? Of course you have! WE ALL HAVE! This is the excuse children use (or we give them) when they don't know exactly what they're doing. What they also don't understand is the consequences that come with their actions. But...

In today's day and age, children have more knowledge of things than we think.. They've absorbed matters we didn't know about 'til were at least 11 to 13. Who do we blame for their extensive knowledge?


We could blame the parents, but even parents get surprised by their children and wonder where they learn some of the things they do and say. We could accuse our schools, but they call the parents every time their child behaves inappropriately. What about the mentality of the child? If we incriminate the kid's mind, we don't have to blame anyone. Do we blame media such as television or the Internet? Aren't the parents suppose to monitor that stuff? Where would the child have learned to perform or communicate in such a manner? How would he/she have known to act this way? These questions depend on what the child observes in the start of their lives.


Now, I'm not going to go into my childhood. Instead I'm going to explain some things that I've observed myself.

When I was at the store one day, I saw a woman carrying her son with an angry expression on her face, she said,"Don't you ever say that again!" and the child replied, crying,"But, you say it all the time!!" and continued to bawl.
I mentioned that because, children are always doing and saying things that make us aware of ourselves. Around kids, we have to actually think before we do or speak, meaning we need to be aware of ourselves before they become aware of us.

There's also a saying that goes, 'monkey see, monkey do'. What we fail to realize, sometimes, is that the said 'monkey' observes, thus 'monkey makes a fool of you'. Children may see what we do, but they also observe and analyze our behavior without notice. Whether we realize it or not, we can control how children act. We just need to control how we act, first.

Laziness

Remember when you were a little kid and your mom told you to clean your room, but instead you shoved every bit of the mess into the closet? If you've never done that, you were either the perfect child, or your mom cleaned your room for you. If you have, well, we have something to talk about. It's called, 'laziness'.

I'm not going to say I'm a lazy person, though...I probably am. I'm the kind of person that doesn't like to do unpleasant things (Aren't we all?). If I want to read a book and my mom wants me to clean my room, I hurriedly, throw everything on my floor in the laundry and get back to my book. That's just how things go.

Now, I'm not a lazy worker. If I'm working my motivation is my environment, though some would think it was the pay check. Nope. If my mom offered me money to clean the entire house, I would insist she help me (Only because I know she'd do a lot more than I would).

Lazy people lack motivation. Sure you could give them a reason to do something, but, does it motivate them? No. It only stresses them out. You might think stress would provoke them to get active, but you're wrong. Stress only makes things less pleasant, and as I said before, no one likes to do unpleasant things.

Regular people will do those things regardless, but lazy people will find more excuses not to do them, or will do them less than half-hearted-ly.

I'm not an extremely lazy person. If something has to be done specifically by me, or no one else will do it, and I know it has to be done, I will do it. That is my motivation.