Further, business has convinced society that the reason you must become educated is so you can get a good job. If we allow the focus on the value of learning to hinge on the instrumentality of getting a good job, we have de-emphasized education. Space does not permit a full discussion, but let me share them with you. One is the Devaluing of Children . Our society does not treat its children well.
Adults worry more about their own needs than about children.
We also live in a Divided Society , where the gulf between those who have and those who do not have has widened over the last few years. These divisions influence our ability to serve the needs of children. That is, in large part, why children have been devalued. As a nation, we are becoming older. The baby boom generation is aging and reaching a point where it is most concerned with retirement.