Being highly educated can blind you to the joy of giving to others. It is more disturbing when your faith is subdued by self-interests. When we volunteer to serve others and make their time fruitful, there's indeed nothing in it for us but doesn't God deserve all the glory and every credit? "We are in the world but not of the world". Doing things just to benefit oneself is avarice and self-glorification. Heavenly recognition is the focus, not worldly praise.
Sad to say, adults tend to fall prey to such greed. They've been engulfed by the world's values that they fail to see that giving is happier than receiving.
Yes, the world remembers only one's flaws and mistakes despite the presence of goodness. Thus cynicism develops. I sympathise but at the same time, I can't empathise. I still feel affected by it.
Also, one tends to lose simplicity and innocence due to the same reason. A word can be mentioned for its basic meaning but adults' decadent thoughts twist its meaning into another. Repulsive connotations emerge.
Children are still pure at a young age and there's no need to worry that they'll be exposed to such things yet. Making a big deal out of it actually evokes their curiosity and imputes the knowledge of a deeper meaning to the basically harmless definition of the word. Really annoying!
On the contrary, their television habits should be something parents worry about. They imitate what they see on the programmes, without knowing what consequences result and the morality of it. Cartoons are not safe from this and their media form makes things appear even more harmless. South Park is one example.
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