Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Make things right if you disagree...

Nature leads people to think that at some point in life the world revolves around yourself. For most people this is a short term recollection, but for some people this has become the lifestyle.

This seems to be the life for most people who have never been truly exposed to what we call "The Real World" a place society has built so that we as people can make life as simple as possible if we just roll with the flow on most subjects. Although most people stay on track, there is always some out there that expects something for seemingly nothing. I would like to say in my times of viewing family members and others families function sometimes that this depends on the parents abilities to say "no". If the parents can deny their kids and say no while they are young the children will not get into a habbit of being use to getting everything they want, and therefore not try and take advantage of that in the future. As seen in the MTV shows of birthdays and whatnot that some parents in today's world will bow down to each of the kids expecctations by just the snap of a finger.

This revolution of children through a lifetime as they grow and get older some parents will still have that emotional aspect of the giving, giving, and more giving to their kids. Until adults realize that it is part of life that people do not always get their ways, and they will have to teach their kids at young ages this concept. It is the point that if they get everything they want or ask for they will not have their own identity in the world just another gift from mom and dad that they have yet to earn.

Another point is that parents have to draw a line between the life teenagers have at home, and the relationships, friends and other school (away from home life) things. When us as teenage society have that other freedom it opens many doors most importantly the major aspect of responsibility to act as adults. Learning form expirience at a younger age will lead to better choices growing up when it all hits you after the parents have protected the kids from these because they did not know how they would react. It also helps the kids see the parents handle these situations, and set the example for them to follow. Most kids will end up acting the basically same way their parents did ,and if the parents made bad choices the kids will accept those as being right. People are proven to learn more from experience so putting people in situations will show them exactly how to or how not to react to these basic problems in life.

Not being a parent, obviously, myself but this maybe the sort of route I would take a chilled laid back ,but respected adult to the younger aged crowd. As of now I have absolutely no problems with my parents, and they let me have that freedom and make those decisions some bad and some i learn from. That's me though....

1 comment:

  1. well said my man...you're absolutely right, it all depends on the parents and the example they lead. i have a great relationship with my parents, one of mutual respect, and I think we have a good balance of being friends and having the trust that i can handle myself, especially with my dad cause he fits that nonchalant personality I have. Sometimes they can be a lil overbearing, but lessons learned for the future haha

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