Kids Are People Too | Miles Franklin

It is rare I am moved to tears, but last week’s 60 Minutes segment about Craig Kielburger’s quest to help millions of children left my entire body – and mind – quivering…

A Worldwide Mission of Kids Helping Kids

When I was 12, all I sought was my next “play date” and the ice cream man. My priorities have since improved, but no one can fault me for being a kid. That said, all “kids” are not created equal; and some are better “men” and “women” at age 12 than most in a lifetime.

When Canadian-born Craig Kielburger was 12 years old, he was already aware of the plight of underprivileged and exploited children WORLDWIDE; and not only that, set about to DO SOMETHING about it. Just 17 years later, his Free the Children and Me to We charities have raised tens of millions of dollars to support global education initiatives, involving an astounding two million volunteers; many of them, children.

When I watched this segment, I thought of the empowerment I experienced watching the TV program Wonderama with Bob McAllister; whose theme song was – of course…

Kids Are People Too

However, a new word for “extreme empowerment” needs to be invented for Craig Kielburger; who, while still a teenager, was already improving the world. Be prepared to cry when you watch this; as it may be the MOST INSPIRING STORY I HAVE EVER HEARD!

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2 Comments

English Memorial on November 30, 2012 at 4:10 pm

Children in our society are treated like slaves who need permission from adults to do the most basic things that you and I take for granted. They spend their childhoods locked in prisons, run either by the state or the church, who segregate them by age, herd them around like cattle to bells from subject to subject regardless of whether they are interested in them or not, or would prefer spending more than 50 minutes on something that maybe they ARE interested in. They must obey all commandments of the single authority figure in the room, a person with few real qualifications. They are ALWAYS monitored and have no privacy. Sexual abuse in schools and in the church is rampant to this day. 80-90% of parents today are still hitting their children.

I could go on, at length, and others have (read John Taylor Gatto’s free online book on the Underground History of American Education for more on this). It is absolutely shameful how we continue to treat children today, and it is the primary reason for the sorry state of the world in which we live, a world inhabited by billions of people who were locked up, battered, bruised, berated, and broken when they were too small and weak to do anything about it or to be able to perceive how wrong it was; in a cruel irony, they must adapt and conform to even survive. The violence that surrounds us and that has left hundreds of millions of people slaughtered over the past century is a direct result of the violent and shameful treatment of children.

The most important thing we can do to change this world is to stand up for children and insist that they be treated with the same respect that we reserve for any other human.

That, and protect ourselves from the inevitable and imminent economic and social collapse with tangible assets like food, firearms, supplies, and of course, precious metals.

Keep fighting the good fight, Mr. Hoffman. Nice to see someone else speaking up for the kids.

Andrew Hoffman on November 30, 2012 at 4:44 pm

EM,

What a beautiful commentary.

I appreciate it very much, and will certainly publish it.

Thanks!

Andy

English Memorial on November 30, 2012 at 4:10 pm

Children in our society are treated like slaves who need permission from adults to do the most basic things that you and I take for granted. They spend their childhoods locked in prisons, run either by the state or the church, who segregate them by age, herd them around like cattle to bells from subject to subject regardless of whether they are interested in them or not, or would prefer spending more than 50 minutes on something that maybe they ARE interested in. They must obey all commandments of the single authority figure in the room, a person with few real qualifications. They are ALWAYS monitored and have no privacy. Sexual abuse in schools and in the church is rampant to this day. 80-90% of parents today are still hitting their children.

I could go on, at length, and others have (read John Taylor Gatto’s free online book on the Underground History of American Education for more on this). It is absolutely shameful how we continue to treat children today, and it is the primary reason for the sorry state of the world in which we live, a world inhabited by billions of people who were locked up, battered, bruised, berated, and broken when they were too small and weak to do anything about it or to be able to perceive how wrong it was; in a cruel irony, they must adapt and conform to even survive. The violence that surrounds us and that has left hundreds of millions of people slaughtered over the past century is a direct result of the violent and shameful treatment of children.

The most important thing we can do to change this world is to stand up for children and insist that they be treated with the same respect that we reserve for any other human.

That, and protect ourselves from the inevitable and imminent economic and social collapse with tangible assets like food, firearms, supplies, and of course, precious metals.

Keep fighting the good fight, Mr. Hoffman. Nice to see someone else speaking up for the kids.
- Andrew Hoffman on November 30, 2012 at 4:44 pm
  
  EM,
  
  What a beautiful commentary.
  
  I appreciate it very much, and will certainly publish it.
  
  Thanks!
  
  Andy