How to guarantee future of children?

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11 years 5 months ago #32128 by phoenixflyhigh
What would you gift children for remembrance?

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11 years 5 months ago #429691 by Ruth
State Assets. Funded education. A decent and sustainable health system.

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11 years 5 months ago #429698 by wandering free
I think they will be grateful that you brought them up in a country that can feed it's self, and that's not over populated, the next 10 years will be difficult as the world adjusts to a decreasing oil supply, I see the future as a mirror of the past, when I grew up milk was delivered from the back of a horse and cart and produced just up the road local trade will become the norm, so teach them practical skills, the engineer and trades man will start to be valued, and they will do fine.

Just me and the cat now, on 2 acres of fruit and veg + hazel nuts, macadamia, chestnuts and walnuts,
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11 years 5 months ago #429699 by Scuba_Steve

Ruth;427909 wrote: State Assets. Funded education. A decent and sustainable health system.

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To add to that I'd gift them democracy too


Science is but an organized system of ignorance

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11 years 5 months ago #429700 by billmckinstry
To live in a Democratic Country.
Democracy is rare on this planet and in most countries it has been earned by the blood those prepared to pay the price.
Democracy is not always pretty and popular but it is the best sustainable system developed so far.

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11 years 5 months ago #429719 by Hawkspur
The greatest gifts you can give your children are a sense of self worth, a sense of responsibility, and a sense of wonder at the beauty in the world. :)
With these, they can take on anything.

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11 years 5 months ago #429725 by kindajojo
Well said Hawkspur..........ensuring your children can have access to good quality education and encouragement to be all they can be.

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11 years 5 months ago #429730 by wandering free

billmckinstry;427918 wrote: To live in a Democratic Country.
Democracy is rare on this planet and in most countries it has been earned by the blood those prepared to pay the price.
Democracy is not always pretty and popular but it is the best sustainable system developed so far.

I agree and would also like to see a written constitution based around the secular state government system.

Just me and the cat now, on 2 acres of fruit and veg + hazel nuts, macadamia, chestnuts and walnuts,
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11 years 5 months ago #429744 by igor
End apartheid.

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11 years 5 months ago #429754 by jeannielea
Agree with Hawkspur and would add, respect for others, and a real knowledge of what love is

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11 years 5 months ago #429767 by greenfingers
Spend time with them and behave and speak around them how you want them to behave and speak in public. Talk to your child/ren often and tell them about your family history and stories about your childhood.

If you are looking for a material object, perhaps an item that has been in the family - I appreciate and cherish above all other gifts I have been given, a doll that used to belong to my grandmother.

9.5 acres with 300-odd pines and lots of wobbly fences [:D]

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11 years 5 months ago #429778 by brodie
"Above all children need two things-one is roots and the other is wings" author unknown :)
A good scholarship fund is nice but I love all the wonderful,non-material things that springs to mind when you ask a question such as this.And may I also add a respect for all living things. is a good idea,too.

2 dogs,2 kids,goldfish,20-ish chooks,2 axolytl,2 turtles,Lotsa free-range pigeons, budgies, pekin, cayuga & muscovy ducks + their babies, 5 horses,a cockatoo called Charlie and no money...[:D][:D];)

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11 years 5 months ago #429779 by brodie
"Above all children need two things-one is roots and the other is wings" author unknown :)
A good scholarship fund is nice but I love all the wonderful,non-material things that springs to mind when you ask a question such as this.And may I also add a respect for all living things is a good idea,too.

2 dogs,2 kids,goldfish,20-ish chooks,2 axolytl,2 turtles,Lotsa free-range pigeons, budgies, pekin, cayuga & muscovy ducks + their babies, 5 horses,a cockatoo called Charlie and no money...[:D][:D];)

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11 years 5 months ago #429805 by DiDi
This is out of left field having been raised a Catholic but no longer a practicing Catholic (for many reason) but introduce your children to the Ten Commandments. Seriously. I was raised on them but to this day see them as a moral and ethical code to life and how you behave and how you act towards others. They will be good human beings as a result and life will pay them back.

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11 years 4 months ago #429906 by DiDi
Oops - sorry - did not mean to stop this thread in it's tracks so writing to bump it back up.

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