Today after a business lunch, one of my friends and I went to a popular boutique here in Atlanta to say hello to another friend of ours. After we walked in, our friend said, "take a look at this video I was sent on Facebook today".
It was of a young girl that couldn't of been more than 6 or 7 years old and she was cursing and saying the foulest things.
I mean, MF this, Ho and Bitch that. I'll kick her Ass, etc.
I guess it was supposed to be funny because everyone in the background of the video was laughing, but it was the saddest thing I'd ever seen!
The crazy part about it is that she was sitting on what appeared to be her father's lap, as he encouraged her to say more.
I couldn't believe that someone so young knew how to use curse words in full on sentences and with so much passion. I mean, you would have believed the things she said, if she were an adult.
After thinking about it, my conclusion was simply WOW! Some people have real issues.
I mean, what type of intelligent, caring, nurturing human being would allow their child to even speak like that, let alone encourage it.
Is it a sign of the times or a sign that parents need to practice better parenting!?
I saw another extreme example of how we are losing our children when I was going to DC this past Sunday to host a party.
I was sitting next to a middle aged man who seemed very agitated. I thought it might be his nerves, until he started expressing his discomfort. He then got on the phone with his wife and began to talk about how he was beat up and spent all day getting x rays at the hospital.
But the way he was speaking was weird and as I started ease dropping more, I found out he was talking about his son. YES, HIS SON beat him up!
So as I began shaking my head in disgust, he expounds on the situation in detail.
Apparently, he went to pick up his sons bills, so he could pay them. His son obviously didn't want him to come over at the time. There was argument that ensued and his son be came violent. Snatching the keys from his father, then punching him in his ribs until he (the father) was able to get out of there.
What is happening with our youth?! It's evident that it has nothing to do with color or race, but has everything to do with ignorance!
If that 6-year-old little girl is taught at such an impressionable age that it is okay to speak like that, do you think she is going to make it in society?
The teenage boy who puts his hand on his father, now thinks it's okay to put his hands on someone else at will.
These are signs that WE HAVE TO TAKE CONTROL OF OUR YOUTH!
We can no longer allow these types of things to exist.
As I mentioned in my inaugural blog, we are dealing with "Generation Access". These kids feel like there are no real consequences for there actions. What are you really taking from them, if you put them on punishment? They have too much access, with or with out you providing it.
Here's my two cents in no particular order...
1. Be knowledgeable of your kids interests and participate in those interests.
2. Discipline your child! Let them know there are consequences to their actions. REAL CONSEQUENCES!
3. Cut back on their intake of video and TV.
4. Encourage them when they're right and when they're wrong; explain to them what they are doing or did wrong.
5. PAY MORE ATTENTION!
We have to be more cognizant of who our kids are and not who we want them to be and REMEMBER, being a good parent is seeing things in your child your not looking for.
Be the Rod and Spoil Your Child!
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