by Mariel

Created on: January 25, 2009

There are many problems with the way things work nowadays. One of the main problems is family interaction, we turn on the television, and we can see several "reality shows" that display to us the problems that other families are having, do we feel better with ourselves thinking that we are not in that situation? You are damn right we are.

We turn off the television or start thinking about the fortunate lifestyle that we have in our homes and proceed to comment and even make fun of the people that are on television. Perhaps the people in television are hungry for their 5 minutes of fame, but then again, they might be desperate enough to look for the assistance of television.

Nonetheless, this will not reach the right problem, ever. Reality shows, whether they deal with children problems, couple situations and even self-confidence are only covering one "surface" issue without deepening into the root of the problem; therefore, with the passing of time, the problem will surface again reaching cataclysmic situations.

Where does the problem start? Does it start with an ill-spoken phrase or perhaps a poor choice? Could it be that the parents' ill chose their spouses, and consequently, they would be better off divorced? Maybe they did not divorce and that cause the whole problem. Regardless of the line of thought that the outside forces took when they modified and altered the lifestyle of the child, the result remains, the life of the child was modified to the worst and that turned out to be the path he or she walked on from then on.

The magical cure to all problems seems to be the self-esteem build up for children. Parents who had a difficult childhood and those who were simply "super stars" from the cradle on seem to think that it is indeed the magical solution to any problem that modern day children might have.

While this might be adequate and a potential true, since the Internet, video games and other activities emphasize the single interaction of the child, rendering him or her a friendless child; too much emphasis on having self-esteem can be just as wrong. An over confident child will fail to see the risks and disadvantages on any given behaviour or action taken on his or her side.

Yet, where does this self-esteem comes from? It comes from the services that other adults are providing. There are many companies encouraging programs that will develop the self-esteem of the children with an easy pace and without problems or difficulties; do these programs work? Yes they

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