Something has shifted in our culture.
Gone are the days when most kids either volunteered for hard tasks or were placed in challenging situations by their parents, fostering grit and resilience.
Today, helicopter and rescue parenting dominate. Quitting, transferring, or opting out of difficult situations has become the norm. Even worse, kids avoid starting something because it’s too hard.
I miss the days when every kid had a summer job, most joined their high school football team, and occasional playground scuffle happened between rivals behind the gym after school.
Those were the days.
It’s easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. – Frederick Douglass
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Thanks to all those who came to the @CharteredColl session at @WomenEdNI Unconference - great to speak to all those who are being #tenpercentbraver and starting the process to become Fellows and Chartered Teachers! #WomenED#Disrupt
@cnambnaisiunta Comhghairdeas le Elena Mc Quillan of St Ciarán’s Cushendun on representing her school, club & county with distinction at Croke Park yesterday. Maith thú 🟡⚪️ #AllianzCnmB@INTOnews
Thanks to Donnelly Family Butchers for Sponsoring Sunday's Match Sliotar for our Senior Hurling League meeting v St John's 🖤💛
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Go raibh maith agat @RossaGACBelfast for the Easter Treats for all our young supporters at today's matches.
Chocolate Eggs & Hurling - what more could you want on Easter Sunday 🐣🍫🖤💛
⬇️ The Co Antrim actor is fresh from Oscar-winning success with An Irish Goodbye, where he starred alongside James Martin.
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🎭 Oscar-winning actor Seamus O'Hara was given a hero's welcome today as he returned to his old primary school in Cushendun.
💬 "He is a true inspiration to our small rural community," said St Ciaran's principal Rhona Donnelly.
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Watch NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern pick apart this reporter's question during a joint press conference with Finnish PM Sanna Marin. He asked the pair 'are you two meeting because you're similar in age and got a lot of common stuff there?'
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Last night the bonfires that caused destruction in communities on 8 August didn’t happen yet again
The provision of alternatives for young people by Féile & community & youth organisations has made a massive positive difference.
Instead they danced the night away & were superb!