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When I reflect on what "Community" has meant to my life, I go back to the fact that most of my whippings (corporal punishments) did not come from my parents. In other words, adult friends of my family cared enough about my bad behaviors to take what they deemed as "corrective action."
It is almost impossible to trust others to discipline our kids and grands today. Was communal child raising a good thing, and should we try to return to it? Due to current mobility trends that do not allow us to get to know and trust our circles of relatives and friends, I say no.
So, what can we do to provide the old safety and security we experienced when our villages helped to raise us? One way is to improve how we communicate with relatives and friends. Nowadays, we sometimes get so busy running our lives that we need to maintain good communication with loved ones. I know that I am guilty of this practice.
By staying in contact and resolving negative issues as they occur, we can maintain the positive relationships that nurture our lives and our children's lives. Also, making a strong effort to be intimately involved in our kids' school is critical to creating positive outcomes.
An example is the fact that when we relocated and moved our daughter from a private school for first grade to a public school for second grade, the principal at the public school called us in twice during the first week because they did not know how to handle this kid who was highly accelerated in everything but handwriting. She asked us to join the school's improvement committee to help them better deal with all types of incoming students.
We answered the call to join similar small key committees in each one of the Florida and South Carolina schools that our kids attended. We ended up getting the kids private school level educations in public schools. Both went on to attend Ivey League Grad Schools!
Thanks for listening!
William Leroy Kennedy
Former Financial Services Professional at Kennedy Group, Ltd. – Financial/Motivation
Studied Architectural Engineering at Prairie View A&M University “Giving a strong recommendation: Khan Academy for educational success.
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