I have a personal issue with kids and teens disrespecting their parents. I grew up with a loving family, but i have witnessed close friends with a family as well as mine or even better, but treat their parents with the greatest disrespect. Watching my brother get spanked due to the ungrateful words spoken back to my mother showed me how wrong it looked to treat someone with no respect. No ones perfect, we all make mistakes, but it's up to the parents to raise their children up right. Kids who start talking to their parents with grotesque language end up being teens with more terrible effects. Last year, I again witnessed a friend bad mouthing her mom when she had taken me and another two friends all the way to Disneyland. Her mother willing to miss work, drop chores, and waste gas in order to be yelled at by her daughter made me feel disgusted. I wanted to speak, but was it in my place to do so? Did i have a good enough relationship with her to not lose her as a friend? These questions flowed through my mind and I ended up keeping my mouth shut. I felt like it was something that needed to be dealt in a controlled manner not when she has invited me to go have a good time. Some parents treat their children horribly leading their children to do the same to their kids, but that cycle needs to stop or else no one ends up happy. Discipline is needed, but love is key :) 
No comments:
Post a Comment