Children are both kind and mean.
It is what makes them human.
For humanity to flourish our collective intelligence has taught us that it is wiser to be kind than to be mean. Otherwise, we destroy each other and have no one left.
Our job therefore, as parents and guardians, is to make children see that being kind helps them flourish, without tying it to pecuniary gains.
I call out pecuniary gains because money blurs the line between kindness and meanness. Children operate better when the lines are clearly drawn.
We shape our children by being the right example and showing the right example. Otherwise, we release them into a mean world that shapes them accordingly.
– Osasu Oviawe