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Nov. 30, 2009 Are the kids asleep? Good, I’m concerned about todays Youth. In recent headline news all over the nation, more and more violent crimes are being committed by our little darlings. And yes all my fellow parents, it’s safe to say that the world has gotten even more dangerous. I’m well into my thirties now, but I remember growing up. And the thought of committing any type of crime was just plain crazy. In my neighborhood we were afraid of the police. I mean everybody on the block watched COPS every Saturday night on FOX. And we knew what those guys could do. Recently a friend and I were shopping in a local grocery store one afternoon. And we happen to spot a boy who couldn’t have been no more than seven or eight years-old. He was playing in the frozen food section. Running in and out of each freezer door. Holding the freezer doors wide open and ultimately leaving them that way while he hunted something else to vandalize. There was an older woman who saw him doing this too and she began to chastise him verbally. So we thought that she had to be his mother or something. But to our surprise he began cursing at her. I think he even made up some new words. Needless to say we were both shocked. All we could do was look at one another in disbelieve. And it turned out that the woman wasn’t any kin to him at all. Just somebody doing what his parents should have. And this is where it all seems to start. A child that hasn’t been taught properly how to be a child. Then after he or she becomes an adult, it’s a good chance the whole cycle will start again with their children. But wait; there might still be hope for America’s younglings! I attended a basketball game that had ages participating from 10 all the way to 16. Now basketball isn’t my favorite sport, but I enjoyed myself and so did those kids. Sitting there watching them play was an experience. To see young people getting along with one another and displaying team work really made me proud. The funny thing was that my child wasn’t playing. But to see and talk with the other parents about their child on the court was priceless. Total strangers coming together to witness what it meant to be young and disciplined. To watch their children work toward a common goal and achieve it. The whole vibe was beautiful. Those kids weren’t somewhere screwing up their future. Or putting their parents through a heart breaking ordeal. No, instead they were doing what a young person is supposed to be doing. Everybody I saw had a smile from ear to ear with their chest stuck out. Flashes from the stands made you think that LeBron or Kobe was in the house. Then maybe again they were who knows? The point I’m getting at people is that no matter how you look at a child or an adult. We all have discrepancies that need to be addressed. Young people aren’t born bad or undisciplined. They have to learn this behavior from somewhere or somebody. We all have the same opportunities and chances starting out the gate.
Adults aren’t born bad parents. We too had to learn our methods
from somewhere. You see the solution is simply breaking the
cycle. If we want our children to be good people, then they will.
If we want to be good parents, then we can. Because in the end I
was taught that good always conquers evil.
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