What Happened to My Baby? Did I Lose Him in Middle School?
Childhood Vs. Adulthood
Children should enjoy being children. When you are a child it's your time to enjoy life; those are the best days and will never be seen again. Newborn babies have everyone in the palm of their hands. Everyone is so in love with the new addition to the family. When the baby cries, everyone is trying to find out why. Is the baby hungry, wet, sleepy or needs to be held?
From a toddler to elementary school, children begin to experience the world. I feel when they enter middle school, their growing up becomes more visible to a parent. It did for me anyway. They aren't babies anymore. Now they have their own personalities, friends, wants, needs and desires. Let's not forget the puberty. This is when they start driving parents crazy. They become more expensive by wanting money, cell phones, expensive clothes and sneakers, and so much more. What's available to children now wasn't available to many of their parents growing up, for one reason or another. Sometimes parents do have a problem with the requests their children have, especially when there is no respect shown in return. I know I do.
Although parents wish they could protect their children from the world forever, they can't. When children become teenagers, it should be the best times of their lives, which they should enjoy to the fullest. These are the years for mistakes, lessons learned, and memories made that will last a lifetime.
I watch children who think they are as grown as adults are. It's sad to see how they dress, talk and carry themselves. Children do not realize how difficult it is being an adult. They have no idea what this cruel world has in store for them. They should enjoy being a child and learn everything possible to prepare them for adulthood, or they won't survive. Adults should continue to do their best to keep children on the right path, which is more of a challenge in 2008. Just keep praying. Adults are responsible for providing children with religion, knowledge and wisdom necessary for them to become respectable citizens and contributors to society. These children will then be able to provide the same to their children, passing it on from generation to generation.
Children should enjoy being children until they are responsible enough to be in charge of their own survival, which will happen soon enough. Even then, parents will be there with open arms to provide them with all the love and support they possibly can.
May God Bless Children Forever.
Published by Evette
Single mother of two and three grandchildren. Originally from Hollis, Queens, NY. View profile
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7 Comments
Post a CommentGreat article! Love your ideas!
I agree that children should enjoy those precious few years they have as children. There will be plenty of time later on to be an adult! That's such a sweet picture of your granddaughter. I suspected the picture was of a girl when I saw the earrings.
Sophie
I'm so blessed that my boys are enjoying their youth. We adopted them two years ago at 10 and 14 and I have to say, they have actually went from having to be little adults in foster care to being just kids with REAL LIVE parents. I could not have given birth to better boys. Although.............they both HAVE grown a lot taller in two years! They are so handsome! I love this article and Jameela is one beautiful baby!
I remember wishing hoping and praying that 18 would come. I could go and come as I please and no one could say a word. Needless to say at the time it seemed like 18 couldn't come fast enough, but now I look back on it and time flew by. As an adult life is good, but there is always room for improvement. Children should stay children as long as they possibly can. When you're a child you may have problems, but when you're an adult the problems are not so easy to solve at times. I'd rather worry about why Patricia not longer wants to be my friend versus how in the world am I going to pay for this car repair? Great article!
Diana, the picture is of my granddaughter (notice the earrings), I guess many will think it's my son, huh? Ooops! Thanks.
Ramdy, yes I definitely have noticed. Decided not to write about that though. Thanks.
Evette57...what a great story you have written..it is no doubt about your son....right?....God Bless You!
ps.a beautiful little boy, by the way......Diana
Have you notice that no-a-days some parents are'nt being parents any more?