Video for Future Thought

I came across this website, Women Against Domestic Violence. The organization has a really great site and reaches across to women all over the world. They have a memory page for deceased victims, a survivor forum, Myspace layouts as well as the standard info on domestic violence. They cover people from all walks of life. If you visit the site, you must at least see the video on the main page.

Whoever came up with and executed the idea did a fabulous job. The clip is the perfect visual of children learning by example. A lot of parents know that kids are observant and pick up things from them, but if they could really see their child mimicking an exact behavior, good or bad, I think they'd be surprised at how much adults influence the future generation. In many cases, I bet they wouldn't like it one bit.

I personally don't have kids (just kitties and a tortoise), but I try to watch what I say and do when I'm around my nieces and nephews or my friend's children. Sometimes another person's kid is more willing to talk to me about school, or boys, or whatever than she or he is with a parent. That means, I'm probably being watched for monkey do acts, which makes sense since a lot of stuff is learned from watching people on TV. It all goes back to learning by example.