Translated:
In today’s society, we often forget how much young people learn by observing, not just by listening to advice. Children and young people absorb adult behavior like a sponge – their actions, words, attitudes, and even superficial actions that adults do not attach importance to. Shallow actions of adults, such as gossip, insults, irresponsibility, superficiality in work, greed, or obsession with material things, leave a deep mark on youth. Young people observe and learn: if adults do not care about the truth, if their external appearance is more important to them than their inner values, if they behave without dignity and honor, they adopt these same patterns as desirable or normal. In this way, the shallowness of adults undermines the foundations of young generations. Instead of inspiring them to growth, wisdom, virtue, and true goodness, it directs them toward superficial goals – popularity, power, and short-term pleasures. Therefore, a great responsibility rests on every adult, whether they are a parent, teacher, leader, or casual passerby in the lives of young people. We show with our lives what is right and what is wrong. If we want a healthy, stable and moral youth, it is necessary for each of us to reconsider: what am I actually teaching those who come after me with my actions? Therefore, the education of young people begins with the education of adults. Our actions, no matter how small or insignificant they seem to us, are for them signposts that can lead to wisdom – or destruction.
U današnjem društvu često zaboravljamo koliko mladi uče posmatranjem, a ne samo slušanjem savjeta. Djeca i mladi ljudi upijaju ponašanje odraslih kao sunđer – njihova djela, riječi, stavove, pa čak i površne postupke kojima odrasli ne pridaju značaj. Plitka djela odraslih, kao što su ogovaranje, vrijeđanje, neodgovornost, površnost u radu, pohlepa ili opsjednutost materijalnim stvarima, […]
Shallow deeds of adults corrupt the youth – Plitka djela odraslih kvare mladež