It wasn’t that long ago when our children had respect for their parents and other adults in the community. It wasn’t that long ago when a child would never curse or talk back to their parents in a vulgar manner. It wasn’t that long ago when the members of a community could be trusted to be that parent away from home and have the child look up to that adult like a role model. It wasn’t that long ago when our children respected every adult as parent figure. The children of today, are no where near those times. It seems to be ok for children to act the way they do because nothing seems to be changing for the better.
I have seen children that have full blown motha f’er arguments with their parents and the parents argue back as if they are not the adult. They have fist fights and throw things around the apartment as if there is no superiority or chain of command. I’m not saying that a child should fear their parent but there should be respect. There should be boundaries and understanding of what is and what is not acceptable and who has the last say. Being a child that grew up in a very difficult and hostile environment, i know that the parent is not always right. Even in that regard, the child is still not granted the authority to behave as though they set the limits. As a parent, we must not give in to the misbehavior’s or vulgarity because we had a bad day at work. We must in no way shape or form allow our children think that they can make the rules.
By allowing a child to run the very house that you govern, gives them a misconception on life. They will grow up thinking they can have everything their way. They will never learn that they have to follow rules and procedures in life to get places. They will grow up and continue to live as though everything is suppose to be given to them on a silver platter with no regard to who gets hurt in the process. They will never learn to respect authority and opinions of other individuals. They will never learn to be fare or think of someone other than themselves. This is not a good way of life. That child will only grow to live a life of trouble if they do not get turned around in the right direction. We as adults must learn that we need patience and have to provide time to raise respectable children because no one is going to do it for us
