A parents duty

In this day and age we look at today's youth and say to ourselves "Where are the parents?"  We do a lot of blogs about parenting because we feel that's where it starts. It's important to us that we reach parents, teachers, and any mentors that are in the process of raising or helping to raise kids.  People in general have there own distinct personalities so it's important as parents we understand that shaping the minds of young people in a positive way could possibly change the dive of our society.  In Milwaukee, Wisconsin a woman reportedly called the police on her 2 children both 15 and 13 for being part of a robbery of a gas station.  One day she was watching Television and noticed the faces of her son in a video taping of the entire robbery.  After I heard about this the only thing I could ask myself was " Would I do the same thing?"  I couldn't really be sure what I would do if I was in that situation, but the one thing I can say is I commend that woman.  How difficult do you really think that had to be on a mother to turn them in to the authorities?  Do you think that her kids will hold that against her or simply accept that their mother was trying her best to show them that crime is not the way.  As a good parent we all want to hope that our children grow up to be great citizens and perfect human beings, but it won't happen that way unless we teach our children right from wrong at an early age.

There comes a time when we are raising our children that we must understand that the things that we do a teach now will effect them for the rest of their lives.  I find so many people that have children out of control and they say they don't want to discipline their child because they do not want their child to hate them or not like them.  Raising a child is not about how much they like you, it's about preparing a person for the world and making sure that they have all the tools they need to have a better chance of making it on their own.  We owe it to our children to give them a proper head start on life, especially since we all know it isn't easy and the things your children will encounter can and will be difficult decisions.  As long as we do the best we can at keeping them on the straight and narrow they will eventually grow to respect the way they were raised.  Take time to talk to your children and let them know what you expect of them, and feed their brains with positive reinforcement and our the next coming generations may stand a chance.