I'm calling all mothers and children to this blog. Our youth is getting a little out of hand. How can we improve or what shall we do in this 'time' to help the future generation succeed?
First of all we as parents rather single or married need to lay a foundation for their child(ren), the bible say train up a child in the way and when he/she gets old they will not depart...meaning that you have to plant good seeds and therefore the seed will develop...but to help our youth to succeed we have to be involved in most that they do......help them to understand the bad and good things TELL THEM and let them see the different options for good and bad.....LAST BUT NOT LEAST PRAY FOR THEM.....PRAY ALL THE TIME AND LET GOD DO THE REST....But if you have a child(ren) that is out of control..still pray but use options if need be......I like taking my son to the library or museum...like I live in Atlanta so I show him our history....but when I child has grown up the best thing to do is pray and pray and pray if he/she needs your advice then be the parent that is positive to give the advice......a nagging parent or parents will drive a child away very fast.....Pray....prayer changes things and people.
Tuesday, August 19th 2008 at 10:20AM
claudette wilson
This is sound advice!! I do not have any kids yet but I here alot of the frustration from my sisters and cousin in regard to trying to keep there kids on the right path and they go through a lot of stress especially as the kid is not a teenager and now a young adult.
Tuesday, August 19th 2008 at 10:36AM
April D. Frazier
Trayce, You are so on time with everything. I should've invited the males as well, sorry fellas!! Males do play a mjor role in their childrens lives. I have a 5 month old son, and if me and his dad had to go our seperate ways, then so be it, but one thing that I'll never is keep him away from him dad, or vice a versa....let me make that two things, and I'll never apeak anything negative to my child about his father. We may have our differences, but your kid doesn't need to hear anything negative, about neither parent. It paints them a tinted picture, and it's something that they will more than likely not forget.
We do needs to get our children more involved with positive black males, whether it's their fathers, uncles, or grandpas! I needed my dad as a kid and he wasn't there, which caused me to look for things in other people! That's what our youth is doing today! If you see a kid 'actin up' or being rude. Starighten it out, we don't have to be disrespectful, but let them know that what they did or said was rude. I do, all the time, and I'm 23 years old, and the children in my area shows me a lot of respect.
Pray for our Future, we need them!!!!
Tuesday, August 19th 2008 at 2:07PM
Shalonda Glisson
