Our Job As Parents

"If you believe that your kids will just naturally develop into good citizens or caring people, think again." Dr. Ruth Peters from "Laying Down the Law"

Is this a prevalent attitude in America? Do we let other people raise our children? Do we expect teachers to raise our kids? It certainly is easy to blame them for our children's misbehavior, but really, who is to blame? We are, we are the parents of these kids. It is our JOB to raise good kids, kids with values, kids with an idea of what responsibility means. Responsibility comes from making good choices, and how do kids learn that? From being told what to do? Or from being given choices at an early age? Would you like your kids to learn about natural consequences of their actions when they are five or when they are fifteen?

Being a parent is the most important job a person can have, being a teacher the second most important. There is no money in either occupation, how sad.