Tradition is...

Tradition is continuity. Tradition is security.
Traditions free us to focus on the doing rather than the figuring out how to do.
There are Cultural Traditions, Political Traditions, Family Traditions

...Individuals settle in an area, Individuals become families

...Ways of eating food, ways of clothing bodies, ways of building shelter are developed using what is available within and what can be brought from outside using available means. A Culture and Economy emerge.

...Ways of interaction, ways of maintaining order, and ways of making sense of difficult questions evolve. Ideas about Power, Authority, Laws, and God emerge.

...Change is inherent. Some people get bored, others desire to exercise the intellect. Innovations occur. Some innovations challenge the culture, the economy, the power structure, and the religion. Desires for continuity lead to ways of dealing with change. Traditions emerge.

...Traditions are powerful. Smaller challenges may be absorbed and incorporated into the society. But, some change can only happen through revolutions from within or Conquest by another power. Traditions are so powerful that they can be carried from one land to another by individuals and families. Becoming the foundation for a new society’s culture, economy, power structure, and religion.

...What happens to these individuals and families when they dwell among those who have traditions that are different from their own? What happens to them when they become isolated from their own kind? What happens when they desire to pass on ways they have learned from their tradition to their children? What happens when they desire their children to succeed in this new environment with its own traditions? Tough questions, few answers, lots of opinions. Notions about identity emerge.

...Welcome to the new world. A society of immigrants. With its own unique challenges. Where innovation is honored.

...Tradition is continuity. Tradition is security. Tradition needs the child.
They must also develop the skills needed to take on the challenges of American life. American life unfolds in stages:
...Age 0-4:baby-the struggle to live; ...Age 5-7:child-the struggle to learn the basics; ...Age 8-13:"tween"-the struggle to learn good and bad; ...Age 14-17:teenager -the struggle to fit in / find identity; ...Age 18-24:young adult -the struggle to learn what to do with life; ...Age 25-32:young professional -the struggle to do; ...Age 33-45:professional -the struggle to be; ...Age 45-65:expert -the struggle to teach; ...Age 65-x:elder -the struggle to die good

...The beginning of one struggle does not mean the end of an earlier struggle.
Each struggle is a preparation for the struggle that follows.

.... - The life of the immigrant is caught between two pressures. Change and Tradition.
But change is inherent. In fact the immigrant is a cause of change.

...Premise: doing good deeds for others is the most important common social value
...Premise: only the parent has the right to decide what values will be taught to the child
...Premise: no child likes being the odd one out, requires confidence
...Premise: when a youth is empowered to do, builds confidence

...Parents teach and encourage the child to be and do good.
...Parents make child aware about “us” and “them” through tradtitions
...Youth face the pressures of finding a place in the social hierarchy of High School

...A youth does good deeds in the society
...A youth struggles to find identity

...A youth group to do good deeds together
...A youth group to support the struggle to find identity

...All youth groups should be local, relevent to the local community and local traditions.