In light of all of the school killings and other acts of violence
that have taken place recently around the globe, many people
have speculated on what the cause may be.  At a very young age,
we need to teach our children acceptance & tolerance.  While
this certainly isn't the whole answer to the problem, it is very
important that we teach and instill tolerance in our children.
Our society has taken bigotry & intolerance for granted for so
long that it is difficult work to keep our children from following
in the footsteps of past generations.  But, it is possible.  There
is no reason to keep the cycle of hatred growing.  We can work
with today's children to end it once and for all.

There are so many forms of intolerance.  Hate, it's not a family
value, it is however learned.  Teaching our children that
diversity is not a bad thing & then prove we really believe it by
setting an example.  We don't have to believe IN everything that
everyone else believes, accepting another's individuallity and
freedom to choose who they are is a step in the direction.
 

What causes intolerance, unacceptance is our own fears and
lack of knowledge.  To enable ourselves to be capable of
teaching our own youth how to be tolerant & accepting is
actually very easy, some just make it hard ... all it takes to
be a person who is able to accept others differences is the
ability to choose not to stop learning or growing, to keep
our minds open, be willing to see the good in others and
see that each person we encounter is a teacher.  This does
not just mean adults, it means our children, our teenagers,
they are just as able to teach as any adult.

Intolerance, hatered, bigotry, there truly is an easy way
to abolish them, and it's not something that is difficult
to grasp or teach, it's this simple, treat each person in
the same way in which you wish to be treated.  Yes, it's
also true it may take practice, if this is something that
is taught to our children from the time they are born, 
just maybe in our lifetime we will see an and to all forms
of hatered.



 

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Tolerance


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Facing History & Ourselves

Diversity Training Group

Museum of Tolerance

Peace Ideas

Teaching Tolerance Program

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