Acceptable Stalkers

Have you ever had the feeling that someone is watching you? You keep turning around and looking but there is never anyone there staring back at you in the face. Personally I hate that feeling and it creeps me out beyond belief. But recently I’ve noticed a certain type of people that are definitely not afraid to stare at those around them. The interesting thing is, is that they need to watch because it is how they learn and how they grow. Most of these ‘people watchers’ are usually under 5 feet tall and under the age of 10 years old.

            Children idolize those above them or their elders because we supposedly know more right? We are the experienced ones in life that they need to soak information from. Children learn reactions to situations, attitude, socially acceptable actions and acceptable language from those around them that they look up to.

So I stopped to thing after this light bulb went off in my head…what kind of examples are these young people watchers soaking up? To be honest, they aren’t exactly the best and brightest examples or role models that these kids are watching. Women dress immodestly, drugs and sex and alcohol are all promoted and men often promote violence. What are we teaching these kids?? And why do we wonder why the rate of young deaths and crime are going up if all we are teaching them is that ‘what not to do’ is actually what they are supposed to be doing. That doesn’t make an sense to me but it’s reality.

So why can’t those bad examples be good ones? How hard can it be to watch what you say, do and act like? Actually it is really hard! You almost never realize when these kids are watching you. But this doesn’t mean that we can just give up and leave it alone. If we want their lives to be better than what they are turning out to be then something needs to change. There isn’t something genetically wrong with these kids; it’s just that they have really bad role models to learn from. So why can’t we step up to the plate and be acceptable idols for these younger kids? Most young adults say; it’s not cool. My response? Get over yourself and think of the bigger picture outside of your world.
            These acceptable stalkers need some older people worth watching and studying so that they can grow into the great role models for future stalkers, and on goes the cycle.