Nobody wants your child was written by Mr. Milton Creagh. Milton is a motivational speaker and host on Parenting Works, a national television series on PBS. He also speaks to corporations and businesses around the world.
What he says in this book is that the way society is shaping the youth of today makes them virtually unwanted in the work place. We live in an instant world where children in the US are given much and have to work less for it themselves–parents are too eager to provide everything for them.
Discipline in the homes and the schools is not consistent nor is it administered in ways to promote a strong work ethic in Mr. Creagh’s opinion. He talks about the lack of strong parenting. With the rampant problem of drugs, alcohol, as well as the influence of the streets; it is difficult for parents to instill a strong sense of self- discipline in their youth. Often, young workers dont dress with modesty in the work place and react in disrespectful ways when chastized by someone in authority over them.
I had the pleasure of listening in to one of Mr. Creagh’s speaches a year ago. Alot of what he talks about is that in the work he does for the corporate world, he hears how lazy and how unproductive the younger employees are that are hired in the work place. He is often called in to teach appropriate interaction in the workplace between employees.
Mr. Creagh shares the fact that alot of corporate human resource directors say that they would rather hire aging workers or the mentally challenged than some of the younger potential hirelings. That is a very sad statement.
The book talks about how parents play an important role in teaching young people to value themselves as well as others by teaching them to be respectful, hard workers.
While this subject is a bit depressing, it is also aspires to encourage parents to have a higher standard when raising their children. He has a sense of humor and yet he is very direct in what he says. If we don’t change the course of our young people; we will all pay the price.
These are the leaders of the future …the potential fathers and mothers of our grandchildren…our future employees…our future caregivers…our sons and our daughters; are they not worth the effort it will take to challenge them to achieve their own personal best?
Nobody wants your child was copyrighted in 2006 and was published by Rock Hill Books of Georgia. You can visit Milton’s website at: http://miltoncreagh.com/
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January 21st, 2010 at 4:17 pm
I have also heard Mr. Creagh speek and I completely agree with everything he is saying about todays youth. I am a teacher for high school and middle school students. I have worked in both a town suffering from generational poverty and one of great wealth. The students in both do not differ much. They expect things to be handed to them. They feel they are above the rules. And I feel sorry for them. I am not even a full generation gap from the students I teach, yet I feel as though we are so different I may as well be their grandma. My parents were not tough but they held high expectations and expected them to be met. Every time I talk to them I thank them for demanding the best from me. We need to demand the best out of all of Americas youth. I may be unpopular while they are in my classroom, but they always come back to visit me with a smile.