Guide teenagers to fasten their first button in life
These words come from General Secretary Xi Jinping's speech at the national propaganda and ideological work conference on August 21, 2018.
The teenage stage is the "jointing and booting stage" of life, and the value orientation during this stage is like the first button of life. If the first button is fastened incorrectly, the remaining buttons will be fastened in the wrong position; If the correct values are not established during adolescence, future life will inevitably take a detour, even lose direction and go astray.
Our party and government, including all sectors of society, have always attached great importance to the education and training of young people.For example, schools at all levels and types coordinate the integration of ideological and political education in primary, secondary, and tertiary schools, offering courses such as "Ideological and Moral Education", "Ideological and Political Education", and "Moral and Legal Education" for young people at different growth stages. By visiting museums, party history museums, memorial halls, and other means, ideological and political education is integrated into real-life scenarios, allowing students to immerse themselves and enhance their "four confidences" from the excellent history, culture, and great struggle of the Chinese nation. At the annual "First Lesson at the Beginning of School" hosted by China Central Television, outstanding representatives from various fields, such as recipients of the August 1st Medal, role models of the times, science and technology workers, and Olympic athletes, stepped onto the podium to vividly tell their classmates about their personal experiences of achieving their dreams through hard work, deeply moving millions of young students across the country. In view of the current situation that the Internet penetration rate of minors in China has reached 96.8%, and the content of the network platform is uneven and complex, relevant departments should carry out the special action of clearing cyberspace in a timely manner, and strive to create a clean and healthy cyberspace for young people.
Button up the first button in life, family education is very important. Family is the first school in life, and parents are the first teachers. A good parenting style helps cultivate children's good thoughts, good behavior, and good habits, which is crucial for the development of personality and character among teenagers. In May of this year, the All China Women's Federation announced 1000 "the most beautiful families in the country". These families have guided their children and younger generations with good family ethics education, enabling them to learn diligence, thrift, gratitude, help others, humility, courtesy, self-discipline, and self reflection. They have provided good practices and experiences for strengthening family education and family ethics in our whole society.
A strong youth makes a strong country. Today is the day of the start of school, as billions of teenagers step into the school gate and embark on a new journey in life. We, as a whole, should shoulder the responsibility of helping young people grow and become successful, and help them fasten their first button in the process of being exposed to it. Young people should cherish time, establish lofty ideals, firm ideals and beliefs, and strive to become socialist builders and successors with comprehensive development in morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor.
Interpretation of this issue: Tian Tian Yangguang Network Commentator
