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Teaching Your to be Independent, My Story I saw the article of one Chinese FriendFinder post that a 5 year old brought in a bag of Meth and a pipe to show and tell. The teacher did stop him from presenting it and his mom was later arrested. It's really sad that the didn't know that the Meth is a harmful drug that would eat away your insides and teeth. I met one former Meth addict recently at my Spiritually Awakening healing center. He had some prior crisis' while a and got hooked on drugs when he was younger. Now he's become a healer at the center. Can you believe that? He has turned his whole life around and has gotten married to a social worker. I was taught in 5th grade the dangers of drugs since I was young in the late 60's and 70's. So I never smoked or did drugs like other around me. I was strong enough not to submit to peer pressure when my neighbor girls whom, I walked to school with smoked all the way. I made a decision as a young person to stay conservative, and clean and not get into trouble, that many troubled youth do. I didn't even talk to boys either or go to parties. I didn't try beer or booze, until I was maybe 19. Most try alcohol or smoke at parties by high school or jr. high. I think there's are a few youth programs for to really stay off the streets after school, if they don't skip school. aren't self motivated for different reasons, whether it's not getting emotional attention from their parents, teachers or other relatives. But , themselves should be taught at an early age to be independent. I was, that's for sure. My mom made me cross the busy, street in order to get to meet her at a dental office she used to clean. She wouldn't pick me up. I remember always walking to school by myself all the time, even though it was just across the street. But the kindergarten was around the block and I walked it often, by myself since my mom went back to sleep. My brother also very mean to me by tricked me, when I was about 3 years old and lead me down to Rainier Ave., a very busy street and left me there. I sort of remembered the incident, and probably was crying. So I believe a woman picked me up and took me to the neighborhood bakery to buy me a treat, so I would stop crying. She then left me at the neighborhood fire station for them to call my mother, since I wore an ID bracelet. My mother didn't baby me, even though she was at home most of the time. I walked nine blocks even in bad rainy weather every day to Jr. High and took the bus to high school. If skip class or school, it's really up to the teachers and parent to motivate them or not. But each individual has to take it on themselves from grade to excel. I did well,very well in school and got good grades. I took the toughest honors math classes, Calculus, all the science classes and Japanese language in high school. I didn't didn't have much after school activities in high school and had Girl Scouts in grade school and Jr. High. My parents didn't have to encourage me to do my homework and I even enjoyed attending Japanese language school on Saturdays. I loved studying in school back then, but was a quiet person. But I wasn't shy to perform my Japanese dance, on stage since I did it at a very young age at church and also at Bon Odori. Bon Odori is line dancing for the Buddhist Memorial Festival to honor your dead relatives. It's like Day of the Dead in Mexico. But usually the dancing takes place in front of the Buddhist churches and temples around the world. I motivated myself in school, believe it or not. My parents didn't do much motivating of me and never tutored me. I did have a Japanese teacher in Jr. High who tried to mentor me and tried to teach me knitting, which I didn't like doing. But nowadays, I will need to think about my career a little better. I have to be more strategic since there are still a lot of people in the U.S, still out of work. For now, I will work at my side businesses, as a dating coach and antique dealer.  Dating Coach, SugiDancer  Sugi Dancer, Dating Coach |
