My wife and I constantly work at making our family a good and positive place for our son,,,,, doing otherwise is waaaay too easy...
agree w/ you! We constantly remind our teen daughter that choices have consequences, and our actions affect others. We have been blessed in that our young sons are married and then had their children, but I have a niece whose son is now almost 7 and she never married the boy’s father but instead is now living with another man who already had a child from a previous relationship. No marriages in that whole mess. Our teen has witnessed all of this, and she has seen how her cousin suffers from the lack of consistency and certainty in his life. She also knows how much of a financial struggle it has been for one of her brothers as he is a new parent with a wife in college and they juggle work and school and baby responsibilities. Seeing all these people that we love in such situations has made her even more determined to finish college and make better choices.
My heart breaks for my niece, my grand nephew, my son & his family. We have helped when we could and when we should have. Other times we have had to let them go their own way and let God see them thru it. I have to say, I am so proud of my son as he has really become a responsible husband and father thru all of this. My niece still struggles and my prayers are still lifted for all of them.
So heartbreaking the number of children being raised without 2 parents (mom and dad!) in the home. I know this has caused so much of our societal drift...
totally agree.
It takes work to raise kids, and raising kids is not about letting them go to their rooms watch their own TV, go on their own PC and play playstation.
It’s about talking to your kids, warning them off the dangers of the left wing agenda around them , telling them what family is etc.
It;s hard work but the kids are doing well,all great grades, letters off top colleges like Stanford and George mason and yet the oldest is only 9th grade
I’m sick of seeing s called parents keep going out while their kdis stay at home or be raised off the grand parents, or they take weekends while the kdis get shipped off or even go out to dinner and leave the kdis behind.
No wonder kids today are screwed up and good for you and your wife, it sounds you;re doing a great job