Today teach children to enjoy the simple things around them, we will not have to worry much about tomorrow.
The way to give or receive lucky money also needs to be educated, so that future generations understand the meaning and appreciate it - Illustration: NGUYEN CONG THANH
These days there has been a lot of talk about children receiving lucky money and immediately showing this or that attitude. I really think there is a problem. Not just isolated cases, but many.
During dinner on the second day of Tet, my daughter brought up this story, and ended it with a story she read in the book Ghost Folk Tales (a book printed from a doctoral thesis) about a mother in China whose son, about 6-7 years old, was sick all the time and never recovered. One night she dreamed of an old man who just put some money in a beautiful bag and placed it right at the boy's bedside, as a lucky money trick. Then the boy got better and better.
Since then, people often wish their children and grandchildren to grow up quickly every year with a symbolic red envelope. And they usually open it when they get home, to create attraction and respect for the sender.
Children in the past, the 7X generation like me, or in some urban and rural areas, were extremely happy when they received lucky money, knowing that they were cared for, loved, and respected in the eyes of adults around them after a long time. They automatically folded their arms or bowed their heads to thank them right away.
Smart-mouthed children, who are well educated by teachers in life skills classes, experiential activities or parents, will wish good luck at the beginning of the year to those who give them lucky money. Adults who receive New Year wishes from children always feel warm, joyful and happy. Because they see the values of Humanity - Courtesy - Righteousness of the future, everywhere they easily sigh and exclaim about the frugality and lack of courtesy from children today.
On Lunar New Year, my family still maintains the same tradition as every year: on the first day, we visit our grandparents and relatives. On the second day, we visit our neighbors, and on the third day, we visit our teachers. The children feel closer, share and communicate better, and know how to listen better.
We also do not forget to combine taking our children to places with traditional cultural values where we live such as Tuong Binh Hiep communal house, Thu Dau Mot city, Binh Duong, Lo Lu craft village, Tuong Binh Hiep lacquer painting village, Binh Duong, or fairs with ancient folk games of the regions, such as making clay figurines, drawing piggy banks, throwing con, jumping on bamboo poles, calligraphers giving calligraphy at the beginning of spring, spring protection festival, children's books...
These things help children realize that familiar things every day become culture, just like us, adults, wherever we go, we always bring with us the uniqueness and differences in our own regional behavioral culture.
Today, teach children to enjoy the simple things around them, we will not have to worry much about tomorrow. And everything we desire is only in the children of today.
We always divide our children's lucky money clearly and keep it for them to use during the year. They will choose from the needs that have been thought of and considered from the previous year to buy what they really need.
My 6th grade daughter is planning to buy a guitar and an electric bike. That is something she has considered carefully, not the phone! Because she wants to be entertained by learning to play the guitar, or be free to ride to school, visit friends and relatives.
The two first graders already enjoy reading comics, drawing, and participating in group work and play skills classes. These needs have always been observed, enjoyed, and awaited for a long time, as well as always desired to be achieved.
From those truths, my children gradually understand and practice good behaviors for themselves. They know how to fear the illusions that social networks bring today, and know how to save and make use of all their own resources, as well as those of the living environment around them.
They know how to receive bags of hard candy from their neighbors, which they will, out of habit, scatter all over the road. Or if they haven’t had banh chung or banh tet for a long time, then suddenly Tet comes to their relatives’ house and they get to eat a piece of sweet, chewy, fragrant cake that is not greasy. If they accidentally don’t finish the cake, they ask their grandparents for a clean bag to take home and put in the freezer. When hungry, they steam it to eat with soy sauce, cucumber, pickled vegetables, and pickled onions.
My children enjoy the full flavor of Tet from the food given, the sight and reflection of adults. Then they remind their children to appreciate what people try to do to give them a full and warm life, and to listen and share better every day.
Perhaps the thinking and behavior of children today need to be maintained, taught, and analyzed by parents, grandparents, and neighbors so that they feel valued and behave as if it were normal. Through that, they also know how to recognize right from wrong, truth from falsehood, and know how to avoid or report to adults.
Such things seem small but actually help children form their personality later on. Help them have the courage and confidence to overcome their own difficulties as well as the living environment today.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/tranh-cai-chi-chuyen-li-xi-day-tre-tran-quy-nhung-dieu-binh-thuong-20250203131355461.htm
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