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Originally Posted by highway80west  I do agree that a parent needs to be a role model for kids.
Isn't it sad, though, that in some ghettos of cities, the parents do drugs, and what can the kids do while their parents are addicted? They probably become wards of the state. That's what's happening today. In my generation, my parents were great.  | You are right; but the drug epidemic has spread to the upper middle class nowadays. The only difference here is that a child will never be taken from one of these homes.I think parents nowadays need to learn a lesson from the past. Now, as someone posted in another thread earlier, "we have babies raising babies". (and not a clue as to how!) This total disregard of value has put many families into this situation. Even worse, the children today are referred to as "Generation T." That's for technology, as children today don't seem to be able to live without PDA's, cell phones, video games, and other gadgetry. Heck, I remember when my father spent $200.00 at Christmas one year (he had received a promotion in the Air Force) and that was more than plenty. Now? You might have to take a second mortgage for the things kids want today. The Young parents of today don't seem to get this. Morals and values never reach the inside of the child's mind when we perpetuate this. Babysitting? Put the kid in front of a video game. Gym shoes? $200 and sometimes more for a pair that the kid wants. I am thankful every day of my life that I was not raised to be materialistic. |