There seems to be more and more blurred lines today of what a parent is in this country. After all, any two people with the right parts can "hook up" and make a baby. Then head on down to the local welfare office and have the government be, for all intensive purposes, the parent of that child. Or, the child can be raised by it's grandparents or some one more responsible than it's actual biological birth parents. All of those things are well documented and worthy of much debate. The bigger issue I've seen as of late is the problem of so called "good married couples" that have kids and do absolutely nothing with them.
You know the one's I'm talking about. They have kids but your not really sure why they have kids. They don't teach them anything. Their kid's language, social, and mental skills are far behind other kids their ages. After you interact with them you whisper to your wife, "I wonder what goes on in that house?". These are the kids that go to school to learn but if the the teacher doesn't teach it in class there is no chance in hell it will be done as homework. Outings as a family usually consist of mom and dad painting the town red will the kids are locked in their rooms. My question is why even have a child? Is there nothing in you that makes you want to make your offspring the best that he can be? Where is your moral obligation to empower your kid to be well equipped for his life ahead of him? Are you not at least a little bit curious at to what insane talent might be locked up inside that life force you brought into this world? Don't you owe it to the rest of humanity to explore every aspect of your child's abilities to find out what his unique contribution to this world is? I know I'm asking a lot, but surely you had kids for some greater purpose than to sit on the couch and what the Game Show Network!
I work with kids on a number of different levels. I heard it all about how kids go astray for this reason or that reason. I can tell you that at the core of everyone of those reasons is parental involvement. Whether it's school work, work ethic, social skills, church life, morals, or just plain good manners it all starts with parental involvement. If you are adult enough to bring a child into this world and call yourself a parent, you should have the moral decency to do everything in your power to raise the best possible person you can. Otherwise your just a DNA donor and don't deserve any more credit than that. Have some more decency about you and live up to your parental obligations.
