Stupid parents should know better
I am absolutely outraged at these stupid parents I see in society. How many of us love our kids, and keep them safe; I know for one, I am. I keep very close eyes my kids at all times. It’s like there is this bad breed of parents who don’t care enough about their kids until something happens to their kids because they weren’t there to watch them in the first place. These parents give good parents a bad name. You would think all parents would watch their own kids because we all know that there all types of serious danger lurking out there in the public. Parents know this, don’t we? Then why in the world do I see so many parents leaving their kids in the car while they run into a convenience or department store with the car still running? This is an outrage to us parents who are out there actually protecting our own kids.
We know the danger is out there, but if we parents “watch our kids” and do not allow the public to watch them for us, then our kids would be much better off and much safer, and everyone can have a good night’s sleep knowing we were there for our kids 200 percent.
It disgusts me to see parents leaving their kids in the car at night time in front of a convenience store, or see kids outside running the neighborhood as young as 6 years old not accompanied by an adult.
Why are the kids are allowed to ride their bikes all over town with no parental supervision at a very young age, or go to the park by them selves to play ball. What kind of crap is that? A lot of parents aren’t being the parent that a kid looks up to.
It should be the parents’ fault, point blank, if anything were to happen to their children (i.e. hit by car, got ganged on, shot at, drugs, etc.).
Parents, you need to wake up, stop being so self-centered, get off the couches, spend some time with your kids. They grow up fast, and we all know you want to see them grow up and not dead somewhere on the street.
If you don’t know how to be a parent, then there is plenty of help out there. There is absolutely no excuse for parents to not watch and take care of their kids. Because of the lazy parents, now we got the government telling parents who are there for their kids how to raise our kids, because you lazy parents gave us unlazy parents a bad name.
So cut it out, get your butt in gear and take of that precious loved one who only has one chance to live in this world, and who also wants to have good memories growing up as a child. It’s up to you to make their dreams happen by being there for them, not just putting a roof over their head, giving them a bed to sleep in and putting some food on the table.
Helping your own child will help you as a parent each and every day. It’s not easy being a parent; it’s the toughest job in the whole world, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything. I love who I am and I am proud of it, and you should be too.
Shelly Lee resides in Uniontown.