Once, I was walking on the sidewalk of Karl Johan Gate, the road to royal palace in Oslo. I encountered two little girls who seemed like upper high school students. They were offering cookies and hot drink (Gløgg og pepperkaker) randomly to the people walking by the street's popular sidewalk. They seemed delighted when I accepted those. It could have been the Christmas tradition of Norwegian children to do something good to make father Christmas happy. With that, I can see the culture of reproduction of positive values in children in Norway - this is just an example of many.
Learning to serve is one of the most important domain of child development. The humankind relies on trust, respect and support from one another. When they serve people while they are growing as children, they understand the value they are contributing for the welfare of the society.
We may want to make our children caring ones for the people and the planet. We should also know that they learn the values from their surroundings- in fact much from their family. The 'science of non-productivity' is at major play if many of our families forget collective power of transformation and see individual (and petty) benefits when we are out and around in the society. We do not necessarily need to donate every season or occasion, but we may start with queueing up in the lines. We may become considerate to the society and the environment when we are buying things. We can help someone on the road when s/he needs. Not providing the collective values is a threat to aspiration of 'transforming nation state'. If we are not changing the pattern, the thesis of non-productivity will be more towards deep-rooting and our children as adults will be continuing the same cycle.
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