Thursday, December 15, 2011

Act Like A Parent, Don't Imitate One.

As I observe my surroundings, I see a lot of the teen issues that are caused by the lack of parental involvement. Most teenagers do not want their parents in their personal business, but they need to be involved to a certain extent. I have seen women, who are supposed to be mothers, let their daughters do what they want and when they want. They treat them like they are their friends. I mainly see this in teen mothers. They want to please their child so much that the child has no limits or boundaries. When you do not have a parent who is involved in your life, you start to do self-destructing things. You mainly do these things because no one is there to tell you not to. The mother then realizes that her child is going down the wrong path and tries to intervene. However, the teenager, knowing no limits, does not take this help and continues doing the wrong things. This becomes a cycle. As young women, we should let ourselves grow in all aspects of life before popping out babies that we cannot take care of. If you don’t know much about life, how can you teach another person about it? It seems like everything about life is being rushed. Let time take over and I’m sure we can produce better results.

--written by Jade, a participant of the Youth Leadership Task Force