Giving Respect to Our Children Will Ensure Respect in Return
How's About a Bit of Respect?
I recently witnessed a scene that totally threw me backwards! It was an incident of a mother and nine-year old son; the mother was ranting and raving about the child not being able to do his homework, because he seriously did not understand the assignment. And I know he was frustrated, because the look on his face as his mother literally 'cussed' him out, was enough. She goes on to call him 'stupid, not worthy, never amounting to anything, and of course that one we all hate to hear: "I should've gotten an abortion!". And needless to say, the child began crying.
We have to understand the pressures that our youth are going through, and it takes a patient and caring person to deal with the youth. Not only do they have to stay socially acceptable, but they have to also be able to explore and express themselves as well. And it's not a good thing to put them down, when they are following by our examples, ya know. Whenever we turn on our televisions and radios, all we see and hear is sex; so why do we tend to add to that by showing them how sexual we are? Things like sex and drugs/alcohol is something for grown-ups, and we should keep it that way. Don't get me wrong, please inform them about these things, but also let them know that it's a smart thing to wait until they are adults to participate in them, or not to participate at all. And trust me, there are many ways to school your children about these things, and even more ways to keep them away from even thinking about being curious about it!
Now, how can a child learn that drugs and alcohol, or even sex for that matter, is not for children, when it's the only lifestyle they see at home? And how can our children want virtuous, prominent futures, when they don't witness those sort of things in their own family? Seriously people, there is a lot of respect being taken from the youth, and hence the disrespect.
I believe that if a child is reared with moral values, virtues and respect, spirituality and kindness, they are sure to keep those values and characteristics as they mature into adults.
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Motor City, MI-based freelance writer and publisher, Ronyae is 30-something years young, Unmarried and without children...And no, not bored or lonely, she lives like this by choice, and is very happy!!! Than... View profile
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Post a CommentYou started well talking about respect and the problem of not expecting respect from others when you don't give respect to others and how that applies to children rightly not respecting their parents if their parents don't respect them.
Then you took a tangent (never returning to the originale topic) and started talking about meaningless concepts like sex on television when even fairy tales from 300 years ago had sexual innuendos and subjective morals, basically talking to down to children and disrespecting their ability to deal (and grow stronger and smarter out of them) with problems, complex situations and responsabilities... practically demolishing your original thought on respecting children.
My points exactly, LL BOOGIE!!! for some strange, odd reason..society feels that this is a way to generate a relationship with your child...WTF??!!! How can you generate respect through a relationship based on what these parents are showing these youth!!!? I mean, geesh-Okay, lil tommy lives in his mother's house, and is the MAN, because his mom is a feign, and he supports not only her habit, but her lifestyle as well...sort of like her pimp..DID I JUST TYPE THAT? BOI...SAD...BUT TRUE!!
To belittle a child is one of the most horrendous acts that a parent could do to a child...This act alone could have an immediate impact on a Childs future. Then, we wonder why our child turned out to be a murder or rapist...
Ms. Ronyae, I agree with you but, never-the-less the children are supposed to honor thy father and mother according to the bible. On the other side of it, how can a child respect their parent(s) if they show them a lack of Morales?
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There are parents out here that do not deserve respect...They let their children see them do everything under the sun... sex, drugs, etc. Children now-a-days have seen things that..... God only knows. BOI, I tell you....some kids seen things... that in my wildest dreams & imagination,.... I wouldn't have thought of growing up.
Most of the time, back in the day, parents were discreet. Especially when parents had company coming over.....you knew what "ding-dong" meant....Get the hell out of here, go the hell downstairs and start playing Candy land...adults are over,
Hell, you knew just by the way our parents looked at us. Let's ride now yall, come on and go downstairs....LOL...
I tell you, they were discreet then. Most you would see are beer cans left over...and smell incents. LOL
Now, I see kids all up in the conversation....interrupting...talking about...oh, yeah Big man did get shot robbing the liquor store! What the heck...And the parents, instead o
Parents if you are doing things that are wrong in the eyes of the children stop doing it around them get a room!!! Parents, need to be just that, Parents! Don't worry about being the most "Coolest parent on earth".
Don't let them see you "hit the blunt" or allowing Johnny, Jr. to Drink your liquor left over in the glass thinking it's funny he is drunk.. The Single moms need to stop having a swinging door, letting too many men come in and around your little girls and BOYS!! Keep it on the down-low with your male (or female) relationships until you know "this is the one".
You know, I Lost a friend because of telling her not to cuss like a soldier or do inappropriate things around my children and even her children. Did I care about it after 20 years of friendship...Hell, NO!
It hurt.....BUT,
It's a time and place for theses things...and when children are around we need to stop...and think...you will be surprised at what they repeat and remember.
What I can say from my
I know for a fact that when a child sees his parents doing certain things, they are sure to copy what they have witnessed; and if that parent is disrespecting that child, how can they not expect the child to be disrespectful towards them as well!