You show me a person that says our youth are in good shape and I'll show you someone who is out of touch with the real condition of our children.
Why are our children having such a hard time and making so many bad choices. Some element of their child rearing has gone missing. Their sense of right and wrong has become blurred or in some cases it seems eliminated.
Who wants to hear, "You are doing a bad job with your child," or "Your baby needs 'home training.'" What parent wants to hear that said about their child or themselves. But in too many cases its true today.
What we don't talk about enough is the struggle that is going on in the homes. If a Mother does not have enough food for the children, her mind is not going to be focused on making sure he sits up straight in public places. If she is being put out of her home for the 'umpteenth' time, where is she drawing the mental focus or fortitude to do her job as a mother. Most women, especially Black women, we have come this far by faith, but our faith is waning. The moral structure is waning all around us, and that is making us weaker. Weaker parents, weaker teachers, weaker community leaders, weaker preachers, etc.
The struggle, at the very least a major part of it, is finding the strength to be the kind of parent that is on top of what our children's' moral and spiritual needs are.
Let me be clear, this is not a lecture from a Mother who thinks she has arrived, I care. I care about what is happening in our community and I care about women and their roles as mothers. We are great everything else, we are great lawyers, we are great accountants, doctors nurses, but what about being great Mothers?
I will say it again, the hand that rocks the cradle...rules the world. This power, this control rests in the most unassuming hands. It rests in our small, french manicured (some), dry and cracked (some), beautiful (all) hands. I simply believe that Mothers and parents should realize where our power lies, it lies in the natural beauty and work of Motherhood and parenting.
Who wants to hear, "You are doing a bad job with your child," or "Your baby needs 'home training.'" What parent wants to hear that said about their child or themselves. But in too many cases its true today.
What we don't talk about enough is the struggle that is going on in the homes. If a Mother does not have enough food for the children, her mind is not going to be focused on making sure he sits up straight in public places. If she is being put out of her home for the 'umpteenth' time, where is she drawing the mental focus or fortitude to do her job as a mother. Most women, especially Black women, we have come this far by faith, but our faith is waning. The moral structure is waning all around us, and that is making us weaker. Weaker parents, weaker teachers, weaker community leaders, weaker preachers, etc.
The struggle, at the very least a major part of it, is finding the strength to be the kind of parent that is on top of what our children's' moral and spiritual needs are.
Let me be clear, this is not a lecture from a Mother who thinks she has arrived, I care. I care about what is happening in our community and I care about women and their roles as mothers. We are great everything else, we are great lawyers, we are great accountants, doctors nurses, but what about being great Mothers?
I will say it again, the hand that rocks the cradle...rules the world. This power, this control rests in the most unassuming hands. It rests in our small, french manicured (some), dry and cracked (some), beautiful (all) hands. I simply believe that Mothers and parents should realize where our power lies, it lies in the natural beauty and work of Motherhood and parenting.
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