Discussion: People that don't want help, can't be helped

I often see young children of all ages, particularly at the first meet through tutoring or martial arts classes, expressing significant resistance to being taught. In most cases, this is where they are not there by their own will but their parents. The same can be said about adults, they may be at the GP, asking for a diagnosis yet they may challenge whatever the GP concluded with... saying Google said otherwise. It could be at the mechanic, the customer arguing the diagnosis or the cost... Both parties could be wrong... But the common theme here is going back to the subject line... Can these people who resist 'help' be helped?

Like anything, it is case by case. But the fact that there is a chance, whether it be 1% or 10% or whatever... we, as a society, should TRY to help. Each person can make a difference. If we were to think "I can't help but someone else can..." that could be the norm. Noone would want to help each other. This poses far more complexity. "What if you help and you are not qualified?" I think the analogy of First Aid can be suitable here. While we may have professional medical expertise, we still may have general first aid knowledge. We should be proactive and light a path through example. Doing good is what makes people heal and grow. We all are inseparable to our emotions and conscience. Just how far are we hurt or blinded by negativity to not act?

If people do not want to be helped...Okay. Maybe that is true. I will not go around asking people actively if they need help. But if there is someone struggling, I trust my intuition that something isn't right. It's difficult to ask for help in many cases. What's the worst they can say? "No." In a world where it feels like a survival of the fittest, a survival of the kindest can go long ways.

I think this is particularly true for children. Often untainted, unnerved, still sensitive to all kinds of stimulus. They are still in a very cognitive stage of learning. They should be more exposed to genuine kind acts. If they are struggling, they should be guided. Of course, I do not believe in spoon feeding but more so, facilitating a learning process. "Let them figure it out," can be quite destructive and irresponsible.

Build strong kids so we don't need to fix broken adults.