Social Technology for a Better Future
Even as the society and the culture that we live in influences us, we have the power to influence our society.
In fact, we are responsible for creating our own society. Instead of being passive recipients of social influences, we can form voluntary groups in the neighborhood and try different social formations and determine their effects.
It has been observed that when children are cared for by a number of people that is parents, close relatives and people in the neighborhood; they tend to be more confident, emotionally secure, social and willing to learn as compared to the children of single working parents or isolated nuclear families where both the parents are working.
Parents in a neighborhood could form groups and take turns to look after the children. They could coordinate their free time in such a manner that some adult parents are available to the children when they need them. They could visit the local crèche, school and playground and keep actively in touch with the children in the neighborhood.
Many such formations can be conceived, debated, tried and kept if they benefit the community.
