Teach Our Children Well!

Crime in South Africa has reached epidemic proportions.

This week, a grandmother and 5 children (her grandchildren and her neighbours children) were brutally murdered, by strangling or drowning, apparently by a bitter, family member who had been ostracized by his family because of his criminal habits.

This tragic event has had the local (Zwide, Port Elizabeth) and national community up in arms. And rightly so! Even to the extent that a group of St Albans prisoners have come out in support of reinstating the death penalty!

My question is, where is it going to end? Crime is escalating at an alarming rate, and unless we, as South Africans come together to do something about it, it is going to continue.

It is my personal belief, that what we focus on increases. So I am suggesting lets not focus on crime (the problem), but let's start focussing on the solutions. (This is why my blog is called "People for Peace" not People Against Crime.

Let's start with our children!

The children of South Africa today are growing up in a country where crime is accepted as a norm and life is cheap.

If we want our children to grow up in a world of peace and harmony, then these are the values we should be teaching them.

If we want our children to value life and to uphold a strong moral and ethical code, then these are the values we should be teaching them.

If we want our children to promote tolerance and acceptance of different races, cultures and religions, then this is what we should be teaching them.

If we want our children to condemn crime and condone lawfulness, then this is what we should be teaching them.


Where do we begin?

Children learn by example. They look to the world around them for their role models. So let us be their role models. Let us stand up for the values, morals, and codes of behaviour that we want for our children.

What kind of world do you want to live in? What kind of country do you want to live in? What kind of world do you want our children to live in? What kind of country do you want our children to live in?

It is up to us! We are busy now, creating our future. Let's stand together to make South Africa great.

It is up to you and me. We can make South Africa great, one person at a time, one day at a time. Let's start today!