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Re: Police: Australian baseball player killed by Oklahoma teens -- just because
My son is 21 now. When I was raising him I was shocked at the number of parents that just didn't seem to give a **** about what their kids were doing, especially boys. They never called to check on them, would let them run around all hours of the night, didn't pay attention to what they did in school. They had no guidance. My son pitched a fit because I wouldn't let him do what the other kids parents were letting his friends do. He thanks me today and says the biggest impact I had on his life was that he always knew I cared and loved him and would do anything for him. He talks about how he recognizes now that he has a solid foundation because of it and that has an enormous impact on his life. I never had it in my family but by some miracle figured it out. How do teach other parents, who never had that themselves, the value of it and how to do it. It seems like a generational effort.
I don't fully get the dysfunction but being there under the same roof everyday and living your life to make sure your kids know they're loved more than you love your own happiness, which includes a healthy dose of disciple, is probably a part of what might be missing.
My son is 21 now. When I was raising him I was shocked at the number of parents that just didn't seem to give a **** about what their kids were doing, especially boys. They never called to check on them, would let them run around all hours of the night, didn't pay attention to what they did in school. They had no guidance. My son pitched a fit because I wouldn't let him do what the other kids parents were letting his friends do. He thanks me today and says the biggest impact I had on his life was that he always knew I cared and loved him and would do anything for him. He talks about how he recognizes now that he has a solid foundation because of it and that has an enormous impact on his life. I never had it in my family but by some miracle figured it out. How do teach other parents, who never had that themselves, the value of it and how to do it. It seems like a generational effort.