"Too bad the baby wasn't born with an instructional book when he was born", has always been the common saying. Why don't we make an instructional book about life for the next generation?
We, for generations, have relied on verbal history from our elders. Being use to hearing the results of history from our elders, we rarely ask how to avoid disaster or how to improve our own future.
We create photo albums of babies, graduations and weddings. How many parents have created a "how to" book for their teen-aged kids on how to begin their adult-hoods? We don't learn about credit scores, how to run a household, or what to expect when you're expecting a baby while attending an American school. We hope to learn this at home. How many people wish they had from their parents (or from any adult) a written detailed summary of life stages? How many times have you said to yourself, "I wish someone had told me this before I went through it?"
Consider the idea of writing down the information you have learned through your life from the greatest experiences to the the worst. Then, have the intent of passing on these journals to the next generation. How prepared would your kids be with this instruction book under their arm?
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