Parents By Linda Stowe
Most parents want the best for their children and many work to stack the deck in their child’s favor. They send their kids off to camp, enroll them in programs, and even hire tutors for challenging subjects. Sometimes they seem to forget that as parents they are the primary role models who teach their children about how to be a good neighbor, responsible citizen, and reliable employee. Kids don’t just learn in classrooms.
Wordle guess words: about, teach, stack
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Polly here.
Linda is absolutely right. Too many parents today have lost sight of what it means to be good parents. Far too often, they lean on others to do what they themselves should be doing: teaching, guiding, showing up.
Some, I know, are doing their best under difficult circumstances. But others? They’ve simply grown too self-absorbed or entitled to care.
I was lucky. I had wonderful parents. My mom and dad gave everything they had to love and raise their children well. They were incredible in so many ways. And I wish the world had more like them.
As for those who neglect their children—and, in doing so, the future itself—I have very little patience. Parenting is work. Hard work. And if someone isn’t willing to do it, they shouldn’t have had children in the first place.
Easy words for me to say, perhaps, since I’m not a parent. But I suppose they’re true all the same.
