Loss of Seminole Language By Alice Snow   Most parents do not take the time to teach our children the Seminole language. We old people are not teaching the young children our cultural ways. Our problem is we are losing the culture. We think, "This group is going to teach" or "That group is going to teach," but what we need to do is to put all culture together. This is very important. We have to learn, and then teach the children. How did I learn my cultural ways as I grew up? It was learned as I grew along. Each thing or event in everyday life was cause for a story or a long explanation. Elders always noticed your actions and behavior, and cautioned about what harm may come your way. Also, the elders gave alternatives as options. Elders also had lots of time to spend with you. It was a comfortable place--a special time to me. A sense of timelessness would surround these times as you enjoy the talks of the old times and ways. Nowadays, children look at you as if you as if you have come to harm them or think, "What does that old women want?" That is what you get. Also, "Things are different now and this is the nineties, Mom." Now, I say that these were some of my excuses when I was growing up. It WAS EVEN MY Grandma's excuse. So, apparently human beings don't change that much over time.