As a parent it is my job to love and protect my children. I truly believe this. If I had to give my life to save my children I would. No second thoughts about it. I always wondered how is it that a person can make a baby and not love and care for them.
I have always taught my children that kids can be mean and cruel and it is just words, but what happens when a mean person is someone who is supposed to love you unconditionally? What do you tell a child when this happens? I can only imagine how a child would feel if you hear the worse words coming from someone who says I love in public. Nothing you do is right and then they will turn around and say something stupid like, "you know I love you." Only to keep up an appearance. So not only do you feel bad, you are confused because in a sense aren't they saying the nasty words are their examples of love. You can say anything to me as long as you say I love you, that makes it okay. I feel confused typing this. That would be the equivalent of beating a spouse then apologizing afterward. Society doesn't approve it in adults so does that make it right to do it to a child?
As a mother, father or guardian, what do you do when this happens? You protect, protect, protect. You remove the problem and you work on getting the child to feel good about themselves because no matter what they are bright individuals who will shape the future of our world when they become of age and the people they become is determined by us, parents. What we teach them when they are young will follow them into adulthood.
I love each of my kids no matter what. I will love them till the day I die and then some. I believe in them even when they don't believe in themselves and I truly think they will make a contribution to this country.
I have been placed in a position this last few weeks where I am going to have to truly walk the walk. I am going to have to make some tough decisions for their sake and it is not going to be easy. I will be faced with things that I have not had to do in the past and I may want to give up. A long time ago, I stayed in my marriage because I had kids but eventually they became the reason I left. I saw what a bad marriage was doing to them and I had to change it. The challenges I am about to face is going to be because I have kids.
I know that God will guide me and be there to help me through it.
