Youth Crisis.

There is a Mental Health crisis in our youth. 

Numbers of anxiety and suicide are rising.

I believe this is because the messages that kids get from the media and the Internet are materialistic, negative, and destructive.

The Internet will direct you to product advertising or dubious information sites.

Computer Games are violent, evil, and sadistic.

Sports feed you with win at all costs/work harder mantras.

Talent quests and reality TV push worldly success and money motivation.

All this on top of massive expectations and little support at school.

But children are not taught to be human.

And ethics and principles are not presented to them. 

In fact most reality TV shows actively undermine any ideals or propriety.

Evil is entertainment.

And corruption is the norm.

None of these things leads to happiness or even satisfaction.

We are addicted, obsessed, and manipulated.

What is needed is a return to the Humanities in education.

And some sort of philosophy that will lead to meaning in their lives.

The Church is no longer seen as a positive influence.

In fact the Church is viewed as suspicious, intimidating, and sinister.

And ideals are denigrated and dismissed.

So that leaves you with nothing.

There is nothing to live for.

The time has come to find a new way.

To rehumanize our youth.

Education is not just work training.

History, Philosophy, and Literature give us valuable life lessons.

And Comparative Religion broadens our outlook.

Clear Thinking gives us discrimination of the information we are presented with.

And Current Affairs encourages critical thinking.

This is one way to help our youth.

And set them on the path to meaning and happiness in their lives.

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