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Baan Kanchanapisek, a training center for boys, teaches "life skills" through real-life experience, having residents analyze events around them and practice mindful decision-making. This article focuses on individual stories from the center. For the broader concept of life skills as protective immunity for youth generally, see the companion article "Life Skills: Immunity for Modern Youth."
Things done well Do well in the classroom It was not taught that the first bullet fired What impact will it have on life? "Life subjects" are therefore skills that will help children and youth cope with problems
in the seminar. “Life subjects The way out for children and youth” There are many stories from children who have made a momentary misstep. But I learned life lessons. In order to come back and stand with dignity in society again
“Auntie, do you know? If when I was a student Then I got to study life subjects, think, analyze, and get to know the problems of society as seriously as I was in Baan Kanchanaphisek. I won't go to jail. These are the words the children said to their aunt.”
Mrs. Ticha Na Nakorn, Director of the Training Center for Children and Youth (Male), Baan Kanchanaphisek told about her experience in teaching life subjects that Learning about the surrounding environment Various social news, both good and bad. By having the children in the house analyze the causes and factors of the event. Including watching movies for analysis. choice decision Analyzing the results of that decision and what effect it will have later on in life.
The children told him that If you had the opportunity to learn these things before the date of the offense They believe that they would not do such a thing. which Baan Kanchanaphisek is only the downstream area. It has a duty to provide relief at the end of the cause. But school and home are the source of water. If life subjects can be brought upstream, it will create effective surveillance.
Adults often mean that Youth is the future The future therefore becomes what adults determine for children. But if the meaning is changed to the youth, it is also the present. Adults must look back and see what space has been opened for children and youth today.
If it hasn't been opened yet, how can it be done? With which tool? Youth Day should not be a day when adults think about things for children. But this should be the day when new policies are started, such as making children and youth the owners of the problem. came into this area by myself And voice out by yourself what you want or don't want
Nong Bee (pseudonym) from the Children and Youth Training and Training Center (Male) Baan Kanchanaphisek.Talk about the past of growing up in a gambling environment. Make yourself have fun-loving habits by taking risks. He started robbing to get money to gamble until he had to be placed in an observation center. After learning about life at Baan Kanchana From the beginning, I never cared about family members. I saw the flaws that I had to fix. So I started to change myself. There is a need to take care of the people behind you, to take care of your parents, because on the day of entering the observation center Only his parents were still interested in him.
while Mr. Ji (pseudonym), a former game addict told about past life experiences that he learned by himself that He used to be addicted to games and intended to become a professional gamer. By playing the game for the longest time for 3 days, earn money from playing the game. It affects people not wanting to join society. Because when in society, people around you often view yourself as a misbehaving child, a child addicted to games, which makes you turn to the world of virtual reality. Addicted to playing games and having only the in-game community that listens to problems
until being invited by people in the neighborhood to go out and do activities in the community. So it began to come out into the world with people. Make your family and those around you view yourself in a better way. So I started to change myself. Come out and do good and creative things andI would like to tell people who are addicted to games that You should play it just right. Don't play games until you forget the people around you. Don't just look at the positives without looking at the impacts. You should give time to everything. And you should find the right fit for playing the game. This is the life course that you have learned through real experience.
Not everyone can think of reforming in time. Or if you think about it, it might be too late. Because it is very easy to commit a crime. But the consequences are too difficult to predict. Life subjects are therefore something that will help build skills for survival in society for modern Thai children. In an era where technology advances so quickly that adults can't keep up. Children and youth should have immunity that will at least help them think about the consequences that will follow from their actions.
Because not everyone has a dark side. But there is still a bright side waiting for someone to shine a light on it. But don't do it when it's too late. Learning life skills will help fuel the fire. Before darkness takes over consciousness and help point out solutions to all the problems faced by Thai children and youth.
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Information from a seminar on life subjects, the way out for children and youth.
By Mrs. Ticha Na Nakhon, Director of the Training Center for Children and Youth (Male) Baan Kanchanaphisek