This Is What I Want - week 2
well I can dream, can’t I?
The Disclaimer:
If you have stumbled on this article in the hope of finding something to distract you, and you are, or consider yourself,a liberal in life and in political beliefs, you probably should look further for another distraction.
This article is about me as an individual, and my wants and beliefs as an independent thinker. Someone who is dedicated to an archaic belief that our forefathers intended for each of us to be, as Christians, and strongly religious people of any faith believing in a single God, righteous people with a deep regard for God, family, country and our fellow man. Or even Agnostics and Atheists with the same value base.
Now Then,
Here is what I believe, in no particular order of importance, and without regard to another’s beliefs or with any desire whatsoever to try to persuade you or anyone else to change over to what I believe.
What I am saying here is what, if I had the power to do, I would. Without a care for you or your own personal interests. Let’s talk about parenting for week 2.
To begin with, parenting is a two person job. Generally agreed upon as one that includes a mother and a father, of course that theory is often assaulted by the gay and lesbian contingents favoring marriage for gays and lesbians. Sorry people, no way to convince me that anyone but God has the right to change what has been so for thousands of years. You can have all the perverse sex you want with whom ever you want, that’s your business, but marriage is for people who can procreate.
You want to tell me, even heterosexuals do perverse things in the privacy of their homes, I buy that, again that’s their business, but parenting children is a right only heterosexuals are entitled to. You have evey right to be an uncle or an aunt, a sibbling and make a difference. End of argument. But,... But nothing, forget it.
If a married couple is incapable of raising children and doesn’t want to have any, there are plenty of married couples who would be happy to step in and take their place via adoption. Rules should be written in all cases for the benefit of the child, specifically in cases of neglect and abuse. Oh yes, and abortion is the most extreme case of abuse, don’t kid yourself.
But, the parents should be given the latitude to discover what parenting is all about, so the government should not have any right to interfere unles there is specific and documented evidence of abuse and neglect. While the child has a right to the protection of the law, the child does not have the right to supercede the parents right to discipline in a manner that teaches the child about consequences of bad behavior.
Is it a fine line we walk with parenting? You bet it is, and that’s just one more reason that the state has no business swooping in to make sure everybody follows the same rules. Here’s an example you liberals won’t like (oh wait, I told you not to read this, Oh well...):
A child is born in the ghetto, anywhere... the child will be taught to survive in a world much different than yours or mine. You don’t really think that kid will survive if his parents aren’t street smart, do you? Hell no! He or she will have several layers of tough in order to manipulate through the system. But, that doesn’t mean the parent doesn’t love the kid, it means the kid needs to possess survival skills that will be somewhat different than your kids in the suburbs.
What is, unforgiveable for the parent (any parent) is to allow that child to go one day without knowing that when he or she gets home, the warmth and safety of a parent who really gives a damn is there. Both of them as much as possible.
If that family unit breaks down, then the right people, with the right training, need to be their to provide the safety the child needs. But they should be damn careful that they are meeting the actual need of the child. And the needs of a child most certainly include the requirement of discipline along with the love that a parent needs to offer.
Good parenting should be recognized wherever it occurs. That’s another reason the state isn’t always the final word. It helps when the family isn’t ashamed to introduce God to their loved ones at an early age because somewhere in their life they will need to reach inside for something to inspire. If faith was planted there early on it will have germinated to the point of making a true difference. The state can’t do that, no way.
This subject is not finished, we will revisit it later.
D. Kenneth Ross
