I'm concerned about the next generation. In this podcast, I share my thoughts on how we can save the next generation by implementing 10 simple ideas.
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Speaker 1: I was born in the eighties. I remember playing a
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Speaker 1: lot outside. I would be engaged in so many kind
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Speaker 1: of activities where there was no technology, but I'm very
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Speaker 1: concerned about this generation right now, especially Jen Alpha and
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Speaker 1: Gen Z. I want to share some of my views
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Speaker 1: on how they're getting affected and how we need to
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Speaker 1: really step up right now and start to think about
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Speaker 1: saving that next generation because they need our help and
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Speaker 1: we need to think about this.
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Speaker 1: I grew up in a joint family. I still remember
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Speaker 1: about the kind of value system that my grandpa instilled
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Speaker 1: in me and those strong family foundations have had a
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Speaker 1: have taken me a long way. And today when we
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Speaker 1: are seeing the world with so many nuclear families where
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Speaker 1: um
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Speaker 1: there is no prioritization of family time, there's no interactive
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Speaker 1: and discussions happening between family members. There's not not many
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Speaker 1: activities uh that are emphasizing shared values and beliefs. I
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Speaker 1: believe it's time now that we all wake up and
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Speaker 1: start working together, especially if you're listening to this. If
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Speaker 1: you're a parent of a kid, you're probably 35 40
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Speaker 1: plus in age and you want to do something about
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Speaker 1: this next generation. So I'm always thinking about this because
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Speaker 1: I'm also a father of two boys.
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Speaker 1: I'm thinking about what can I do to give them
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Speaker 1: a better future and how I can leverage, you know, technology,
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Speaker 1: how I can utilize what was there so that they
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Speaker 1: are able to live their purpose, live their mission without
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Speaker 1: getting distorted by other ideologies and stuff that happens. So
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Speaker 1: I wanted to just share my, the 10 things here,
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Speaker 1: like how, what can we do to save this next generation?
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Speaker 1: I want to go into the problem and I want
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Speaker 1: to share the solution.
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Speaker 1: So take a lot of notes and uh please share
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Speaker 1: this podcast with somebody else who you feel can benefit
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Speaker 1: from this. If you've, once you've heard the whole thing
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Speaker 1: till the end, uh My name is, and I'm recording
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Speaker 1: this podcast. The freedom is this podcast to really help
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Speaker 1: people build a spiritually grounded business from the comfort of
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Speaker 1: their own homes by tapping into their expertise and knowledge
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Speaker 1: and building vibrant learning communities. That's what I do. And
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Speaker 1: that's my, that's what I teach in my community. So
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Speaker 1: let's talk about uh how do you save this next generation?
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Speaker 1: The first uh
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Speaker 1: aspect of saving the next generation is whatever I mentioned
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Speaker 1: in the beginning is to bring in that storm to
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Speaker 1: bring in a strong family foundation.
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Speaker 1: So if you're currently in a family, you are having
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Speaker 1: one or two kids, maybe they're in their
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Speaker 1: below 10 or maybe in their tweens or teens. Uh
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Speaker 1: families play a very pivotal role in transmitting values to
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Speaker 1: the next generation is like how it happened with me.
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Speaker 1: So if you're not consciously transmitting value systems or what
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Speaker 1: my mentor says, the code of honor uh with kids
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Speaker 1: at a young age itself, it's going to go haywire
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Speaker 1: as they grow. Now. It's not that you're gonna be
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Speaker 1: enforcing them with rules. But the whole aspect of prioritizing
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Speaker 1: family time having discussions,
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Speaker 1: know, doing activities that emphasize shared values and beliefs so
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Speaker 1: that they can also share with them. This is something
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Speaker 1: that can really, really help the next generation. Like, for example,
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Speaker 1: my son is now 11 years old and I, at
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Speaker 1: this point, I'm recording this podcast. So I've encouraged him
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Speaker 1: to also start learning and, and creating content. So he
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Speaker 1: along with my wife, they have a podcast called Connect
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Speaker 1: The Dots Podcast. You can even search for it and
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Speaker 1: subscribe and what's happening is every single day.
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Speaker 1: Uh whatever he's learning in the real world, he is
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Speaker 1: able to decode that and, and record that as a podcast.
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Speaker 1: So as much as possible as parents, what we're trying
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Speaker 1: to do is uh emphasize the value system. Like if
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Speaker 1: he's gone through an experience, what did he learn from that?
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Speaker 1: What's the value in that or what did he pick
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Speaker 1: out of that? What has been the
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Speaker 1: you know, the outcome of what experiences that he had,
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Speaker 1: whether it's in school or outside. So this is the
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Speaker 1: first aspect on how do you save the next generation
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Speaker 1: is to really instill a stronger family foundation.
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Speaker 1: The second way to save the next generation is education itself.
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Speaker 1: As we all know the problem with the current education
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Speaker 1: system that it does not really cater to the holistic
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Speaker 1: growth and development of a child. Because as a human,
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Speaker 1: we have four dimensions, we have mental, physical, emotional and spiritual.
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Speaker 1: But the formal education system is only focused on the
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Speaker 1: mental dimension. There's not much happening in the other three dimensions.
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Speaker 1: And uh though we want schools to incorporate a value
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Speaker 1: based education, the curriculum emphasizing empathy, honesty, respect, social responsibility,
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Speaker 1: everything is
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Speaker 1: uh we know that this is what needs to be there.
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Speaker 1: But overall, as a systemic function, it's very difficult to,
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Speaker 1: you know, change the system. Rather the only way we
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Speaker 1: can do it is to bypass the system by creating
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Speaker 1: a new education system itself by encouraging more teachers and
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Speaker 1: leaders to start becoming mentors and community builders so that
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Speaker 1: they can teach the next generation. So that's pretty much
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Speaker 1: the mission that I'm on is because I'm a college dropper,
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Speaker 1: I don't have a degree next to my name. I
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Speaker 1: want to really create something which can impact the next generation.
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Speaker 1: So how do we redefine education
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Speaker 1: is by creating more teachers and mentors or implementer,
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Speaker 1: which leads me to the third way on how we
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Speaker 1: can save the next generation
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Speaker 1: in a confused generation right now is role models. You know,
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Speaker 1: there are many role models that are there in today's
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Speaker 1: day and age, especially in the digital world. We have influencers, creators, Instagrammers, podcasters.
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Speaker 1: And uh from what I can see, Gen alpha and
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Speaker 1: Gen Z, they really don't have positive role models or
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Speaker 1: they look at
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Speaker 1: the role models just based on their external name, fame, money,
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Speaker 1: glory and all of that stuff. So if we can
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Speaker 1: start to discuss with the next generation on how to
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Speaker 1: be a positive role model, OK. And ideally, the best
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Speaker 1: role model is you, you know, because Children often emulate
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Speaker 1: the adults around them. And uh if you are not
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Speaker 1: really being that role model to the kids, then that
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Speaker 1: becomes a problem, it will affect them. And you know,
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Speaker 1: it's kind of they will continue on the same track.
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Speaker 1: And the other way is if you can surround them
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Speaker 1: with people who uphold strong moral, ethical standards, that's also
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Speaker 1: one more way to ensure that they have the right
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Speaker 1: role models. And, and of course, there are some things
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Speaker 1: that you can control some things that you cannot control,
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Speaker 1: but at least uh discussing on this and bringing out
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Speaker 1: the light and letting them realize on their own that
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Speaker 1: uh
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Speaker 1: if a role model is some somebody worth following or not,
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Speaker 1: because that's going to be impacting the way that they
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Speaker 1: think and the decisions that they make as they move
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Speaker 1: forward and they grow in their life.
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Speaker 1: Now, the fourth way to save the next generation
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Speaker 1: is in some way or form, see how you can
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Speaker 1: engage your Children in community based activities like community service
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Speaker 1: because right now they're all stuck to their screens, whether
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Speaker 1: it's an ipad or an iphone or whatever device that
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Speaker 1: they're using, and they are just hooked into youtube, they're
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Speaker 1: hooked into, you know, gaming, you know, Roblox. And you've
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Speaker 1: got so many different platforms that really distract the
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Speaker 1: the child from doing the real world activities. And I'm,
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Speaker 1: I'm not like against gaming and all of that stuff
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Speaker 1: because even I love gaming and I know there's a
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Speaker 1: lot that kids can learn in terms of critical thinking
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Speaker 1: problem solving just through gaming. But when they engage in
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Speaker 1: community based activities, it kind of puts them in a
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Speaker 1: zone where they see the real people when they are
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Speaker 1: able to see the, the humanity behind every single thing.
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Speaker 1: And this also promotes a sense of belonging
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Speaker 1: and responsibility in the child once they are able to
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Speaker 1: see that, you know, any kind of community service.
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Speaker 1: And the fifth way, what I feel is how we
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Speaker 1: can save the next generation is uh is how we
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Speaker 1: can consciously limit them
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Speaker 1: uh limiting their exposure to any kind of degrading content,
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Speaker 1: like monitoring that the media exposure because now the exposure
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Speaker 1: is on a totally different scale compared to what was
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Speaker 1: in the seventies and eighties or nineties. So, uh anything
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Speaker 1: that is negative or harmful, you know, we have to
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Speaker 1: really encourage that media literacy at a young age. And
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Speaker 1: in fact, this should be a part of the curriculum
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Speaker 1: where the next generation needs to learn how to discern
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Speaker 1: between what is constructive and degrading content. What would be
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Speaker 1: the outcomes of that?
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Speaker 1: And again, it begins with the adult. If you are
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Speaker 1: consuming all kinds of stuff, watching the news, uh getting
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Speaker 1: into all kinds of uh negative loops over there, it's
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Speaker 1: going to continue. The pattern is gonna continue the next
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Speaker 1: way on how to save the next generation,
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Speaker 1: which is the sixth way is to have more open
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Speaker 1: dialogue with them, you know, encourage open conversations about values
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Speaker 1: about beliefs about morals about sex, about uh again, depending
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Speaker 1: on their age. Um because there are many things that
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Speaker 1: are bottled up and they do not want to share.
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Speaker 1: And when you do not allow the younger generation to
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Speaker 1: ask questions or express their doubts or, you know, see clarity,
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Speaker 1: they look at other ways to release it or they
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Speaker 1: look at other ways
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Speaker 1: where they would do things behind your back. And we've
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Speaker 1: seen this happen. And uh so open dialogue begins with
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Speaker 1: uh
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Speaker 1: you taking on the position
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Speaker 1: of someone who is
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Speaker 1: not going to judge them for who they are. And
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Speaker 1: um
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Speaker 1: also you taking on the position of
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Speaker 1: being that mentor to them
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Speaker 1: without you enforcing yourself to be that mentor. It's like it's,
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Speaker 1: it's a natural process. OK?
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Speaker 1: And number seven is another way to save the next
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Speaker 1: generation is to really expose them to cultural and, and
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Speaker 1: a historical awareness of uh maybe your own family, culture,
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Speaker 1: your own, your own traditions. And when you promote this
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Speaker 1: understanding and appreciation of uh your own culture and other
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Speaker 1: cultures and the historical roots and stuff, that way they
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Speaker 1: get to know one's history and it kind of instilled
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Speaker 1: a sense of pride and identity and values. And that's
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Speaker 1: why I always make it a point. At least once
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Speaker 1: in a year. I like to take my kids to,
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Speaker 1: you know, these spiritual places. I go back to my
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Speaker 1: ancestral village and, and they get a sense of belonging
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Speaker 1: and they, and they start to appreciate that. And uh
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Speaker 1: it also helps them
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Speaker 1: get more grounded in what they're doing because kids who
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Speaker 1: are just fully exposed to youtube and who are completely
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Speaker 1: oblivious to their own cultural uh systems, they start to
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Speaker 1: despise the culture. And when that, when it moves in
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Speaker 1: that direction, it's like, oh Western culture is better than
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Speaker 1: the culture that we are born in or they start
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Speaker 1: to think in those lines, then what happens is um it,
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Speaker 1: it distorts the family
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Speaker 1: in the sense the next generation will not continue some
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Speaker 1: of the traditions which might have really been beneficial for
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Speaker 1: the family. And they go on a totally different track
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Speaker 1: so that cultural and historical awareness is such an important
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Speaker 1: aspect that, you know, we need to be conscious about.
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Speaker 1: Uh Number eight is another way you can uh really save.
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Speaker 1: This next generation is by putting them into communities and
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Speaker 1: mentoring programs that connect them with other younger generation with
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Speaker 1: mentors who can provide guidance,
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Speaker 1: you know, let them join communities. Like one of the
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Speaker 1: things that I do with, with uh my son is
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Speaker 1: uh I allow him to crew at an event called
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Speaker 1: Millionaire Mine Intensive. And he's done it maybe four or
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Speaker 1: five times where he just goes there and serves. And
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Speaker 1: while he's not going through a mentoring program, he's actually
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Speaker 1: going through a community service com combined with mentoring that's happening.
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Speaker 1: So those experiences have really instilled positive vibes in, in
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Speaker 1: value systems
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Speaker 1: and uh it really sets a very strong foundation. So
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Speaker 1: the best part is today, we have so many communities
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Speaker 1: online and just plug them into one of these communities
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Speaker 1: is gonna help them a lot. Number nine is
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Speaker 1: if you want to save the next generation, you got
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Speaker 1: to really teach them how to deal with conflicts. OK,
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Speaker 1: how to have empathy for others. And it also starts
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Speaker 1: at home. So if your home is a very toxic
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Speaker 1: and
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Speaker 1: there's a lot of fights happening within your own home,
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Speaker 1: they're going to see that and they're gonna be emulating
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Speaker 1: that possibly in their own life. So how do you
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Speaker 1: break that pattern is by equipping the next generation with
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Speaker 1: the skills to handle conflicts in an amicable way, emphasizing in,
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Speaker 1: I know, emphasizing on understanding people,
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Speaker 1: um empathy and also
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Speaker 1: helping them realize what does it mean to have mutual
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Speaker 1: respect for each other without any judgments and stuff, you know,
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Speaker 1: this whole aspect of kindheartedness
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Speaker 1: um to be instilled in young generation is so important.
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Speaker 1: And I think if we can just get this one point, right,
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Speaker 1: we can, the world is going to be so much
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Speaker 1: more peaceful. Yeah. And finally the 10th point on how
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Speaker 1: I believe we can change the next generation and save
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Speaker 1: them is is uh like really promote the ethical consumption,
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Speaker 1: like educate the younger generation about the impact of their
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Speaker 1: consumption choices, especially on society and the environment like fostering
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Speaker 1: a sense of responsibility towards global issues. Like uh there
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Speaker 1: are so many things that one can consume, like buying stuff.
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Speaker 1: But when you make them think about where is it
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Speaker 1: coming from? Do they just want to buy a piece
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Speaker 1: of tech or they want to buy some thing on Amazon,
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Speaker 1: like educate them on the impact of that consumption choices.
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Speaker 1: What is it going to do to the environment? Where
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Speaker 1: is it going to lead them to like?
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Speaker 1: And uh when you do that, it at a very
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Speaker 1: young age, what happens is they'll start to
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Speaker 1: think more from that perspective and they'll make better choices,
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Speaker 1: which is gonna help, not just their generation, but the
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Speaker 1: generation after theirs,
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Speaker 1: which is another concern. So, unless we do something about
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Speaker 1: it right now, uh things are not going to change.
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Speaker 1: So these are the points that I thought about and
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