Is Modern Culture Ruining Childhood? Having children or working close with children in this present time and age can never be compared to the days of the past. Anyone who has the responsibility of raising children can easily agree to the fact that there are a lot of dramatic changes in the modern days, which have been ignited by modern culture. Modernity is an important aspect of the lives of humans. Historians agree to the fact that it began in the 19th century and its main aim was to make the society a better place in terms of science. Modernization has its roots in Western countries. This is the reason why Americans and the Europeans have been on the move in ensuring that the world is aligned with them. Many children, due to modernization have had access to basic education. Many of them have been taught using educational models that have been based on modernity hence acquired the modern culture, which has had a huge influence on their childhood. Childhood is being "po...
Every day we renew our determination to be unattached. We cast our eyes back and look at the past objects of our love and attachment, and feel how every one of them made us miserable. We went down into the depths of despondency because of our "love"! We found ourselves mere slaves in the hands of others, we were dragged down and down! And we make a fresh determination: "Henceforth, I will be master of myself; henceforth, I will have control over myself." But the time comes, and the same story once more! Again the soul is caught and cannot get out. The bird is in a net, struggling and fluttering. This is our life.t is very difficult, but we can overcome the difficulty by constant practice. We must learn that nothing can happen to us, unless we make ourselves susceptible to it. I have just said, no disease can come to me until the body is ready; it does not depend alone on the germs, but upon a certain predisposition which is already in the body. We get only that for ...