The Seventeen Traditions by Ralph Nader

This book really made me look at life in a completely different spectrum than I used to. I really recommend this book for tweens and up. It really makes you think how different the world would be if people just opened their eyes and observed.

Basically Ralph Nader is talking about what traditions his family created via the family. Now, all families have traditions, for example eating together at the dinner table. When you talk about tradition with your family, it's always what we used to do. But what Nader is trying to say is that it really doesn't have to be like that. You could still uphold your traditions even if you are grown up. "The garb may change, after all, but the wearer does not." As quoted by Mr.Nader. If you think about it, it really is important to keep up traditions. If all politicians did this, our presidents and congress would be way more considerate people. Tradition basically equals love and kindness. And the only way to uphold tradition is practice it. Practice it with your own family, practice it with your friends. It will actually be beneficial to the people around you because they too will get a taste of what is the end result of tradition. And the end result is something amazing and full of love and consideration for others.

The book began with Ralph as a young boy, moving from town to town. He names each part of nature which he would make a tradition. For example, a rock, a tree, a lake. Tradition is something you practice regularly at a young age. Ralph would go to these pieces of nature and just experience nature. Only a kind heart would take the time to really go out and observe God's creation.

Also, another important thing is having exemplary parents. Why? Parents are the people in your life that you look up to; your role models. In Nader's case, he had very kind traditional parents who wanted to create a successful but gentle road to Ralph's adulthood.

Anyway this is just a brief preview of how the book is like. It really can be life changing! I rate this 5 stars :) You'd never think this is what America is missing. Tradition.