Post #1:Citizen Soldiers

-from The Children's Culture Reader-
The concept of raising children to be citizen soldiers is worth investigating because it was an attitude that many children got raised alongside in the 1040's.The outcome of the attitude they were raised around is that many older people know not to waste time or money because those are assets that they were tought to respect as children.This attitude of patriotism and conservationism lent a hand in raising many children to be hard working adults because they were given a reason to care as children.This reason to care about the small stuff in life like recycling leads to bigger themes like hard work, for the predisposition to work hard is something that people are raised with.
I think that this article has hit the nail on the head. It stresses the need for children to emulate "little soldiers" because the soldiers were doing their job for the country and the children should too.THe article states that "as citizen soldiers you each have a duty to perform,"(Patri 481) to perform in school, the house and the workplace. It stresses the characteristics of a hard working American, someone who devotes him or herself to the task at hand with a fervor of patriotism as the background.In a time like today when it seems like everyone in the world is just out for themselves, a philosophy like this is just what people need to instill in their children for the benefit of future generations.My generation benefited from the philosophy instilled in the WWII population, and we all need to do our part for the next generation.