In these days when thoughts are imprisoned at the fantasy confinement, thanks to the Hollywood and the woods which followed suit, and a passion driven by a thirst for achievements, parents have let go the wheel. They have now taken a back seat like passengers.Everyone is in a rush to grab as much as they can and in as little time as possible. One and half years ago on a certain Thursday at around 4:30pm, while flipping through the T.V stations, i saw lady gaga's Alejandro song. The song which contains a scene where lady gaga is dressed in something which without a second look one would think she is nude, surrounded by, i think men, performing something that looks like a sex ritual. My heart almost stopped or may be it did for a second or so. I remember looking at the clock again, just to make sure i had seen 4:30pm and not 10:30pm. I thought of the pre-school babies that had just arrived home and were probably seated on the couch having their evening snack, uji or tea and there was lady gaga serving them food for thoughts.
And need i go into the present nonsense shown on the T.V? Soaps which are aired during the day and on into the night, depicting a perfect fairy tale love story then soon cheaters wakes you up with a slap on the face to the reality, that its never that smooth or perfect. Problem though, what is the moral of the story? The cheaters seem to always walk away in victory. I really do not care how much effect it has on those whose names are on the receipts that are attached to these instruments of information, because if they can afford to buy them they can make their own decisions on what to watch through them and how much to take from it all.
My concern is the children.When children are growing up, with or without the technological aid, there is always positive and negative influence around them. That is why parents guidance is required. The parent is the first role model and they owe it to their children It is really not an option but an obligation. Today more emphasis is put on provision and protection while prevention has been avoided or should i say omitted. Am not talking about immunization here. Many parents are away from home for too long and so they have very little time for their children. They leave the house as early as 5pm and return at around 10pm. On weekends they are busy catching up with friends and life because hey, life is too short. After all they have house girls who are paid well enough to look after these children.A house girl does not really care about how your child turns out and even those that do may not know how to go about it. Most of them are inexperienced in parenting. So then, guess who is taking of this children?The media, their not yet mature friends and the filthy world.Today we have a very educated generation, but very feeble and lame in the way they reason. We have chosen to forget that food,shelter, clothing and strong academic grades do not make anyone whole.
A friend of mine recently mentioned that whenever she goes home late and drunk, and with late i mean 3am, her mum tells her that when next she goes out and its gets that late she shouldn't to bother coming home. Then the following weekend , her mum comes home around that same time drunk too. So she wonders, if her mum can do this openly why shouldn't she. This girl has a two years old son who witnesses all these when it unfolds.Am sure i do not need to spell out what is likely to happen to that child as he grows up and what kind of a man he could possibly become.
Becoming a parent is a responsibility that calls for a sacrifice.A lot of changes take place after one becomes a parent and so one can not carry on with their reckless way of life.There is need to spend time and enough time to mingle and bond with their children so that they may be able to guide them. Am certain that no mother or father would be happy if their children turn out wrongly because whether they like it or not, these children will be a burden to them in their pension years in one way or the other.Its such a small price to pay, for a child's future, TIME.
While we chase after civilization and work ourselves to weary, the generations behind are rotting away.They are like a bunch of lost young ones,trapped in the middle of a crowd cheering from all corners,on looking a million paths before them, and no one to define to them which path gets them to the safe and right destination. Soon we will only have clothed shells walking around, a generation on whose shoulders no responsibility can be bestowed. That day parents will have helped bring forth, the disaster. I wonder whether their heads will still be held high on the streets, which will be a show room for what they will have created.
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