Traditions can change.
I write to you today to bring awareness of child brides. To begin this discussion, it is vital to go into this knowing that traditions can change. Traditions are the lifeblood of some societies and cultures, but what if these traditions force society into poverty, death, or extremely low education - is that a tradition worth keeping? Traditions can either be influential on a society (negatively or positively) or it can have no effect. But it is apparent the issue of child brides has an impact on society and in a negative way. So this first blog on an issue, that many here in the United States see as a foreign concept, such as child brides revolve around the concept of whether tradition can or cannot change.
I believe it can. Traditions evolve - or change - or morph, whatever you want to call it. Traditions come into fruition after much practice by society, so if a society stops those traditions, they stop being traditions. Just like in some families, it might have been tradition to pray before a meal, but after so long of not doing it, it is no longer tradition - it becomes a memory. This tradition of young girls, and young boys, being married off when they are very young (below the age of 15) must stop. And the good thing is it can. Young people must get an education - not only for the betterment their own personal self but education decreases poverty, infant mortality rate, and increases the standard of living. It is vital for a society to prosper for young people to get an education, which they are unable to do if the tradition of child brides continue.
So on this first blog, I ask YOU whether tradition can change? Is it possible to for society to stop having these oppressive traditions, typically affecting the women mostly? I hope that you will take the time to become interested in this worldly issue of child brides and do as much as YOU can to change tradition.
http://girlsnotbrides.org/child-marriage/
~Not a Child, Nor a Bride.
I write to you today to bring awareness of child brides. To begin this discussion, it is vital to go into this knowing that traditions can change. Traditions are the lifeblood of some societies and cultures, but what if these traditions force society into poverty, death, or extremely low education - is that a tradition worth keeping? Traditions can either be influential on a society (negatively or positively) or it can have no effect. But it is apparent the issue of child brides has an impact on society and in a negative way. So this first blog on an issue, that many here in the United States see as a foreign concept, such as child brides revolve around the concept of whether tradition can or cannot change.
I believe it can. Traditions evolve - or change - or morph, whatever you want to call it. Traditions come into fruition after much practice by society, so if a society stops those traditions, they stop being traditions. Just like in some families, it might have been tradition to pray before a meal, but after so long of not doing it, it is no longer tradition - it becomes a memory. This tradition of young girls, and young boys, being married off when they are very young (below the age of 15) must stop. And the good thing is it can. Young people must get an education - not only for the betterment their own personal self but education decreases poverty, infant mortality rate, and increases the standard of living. It is vital for a society to prosper for young people to get an education, which they are unable to do if the tradition of child brides continue.
So on this first blog, I ask YOU whether tradition can change? Is it possible to for society to stop having these oppressive traditions, typically affecting the women mostly? I hope that you will take the time to become interested in this worldly issue of child brides and do as much as YOU can to change tradition.
http://girlsnotbrides.org/child-marriage/
~Not a Child, Nor a Bride.
