There was a time in our history when deserting our children would have been unthinkable, but today children are compelled to survive by any means necessary, even if it means killing one another. Young people have made their own families of gangs or have estranged themselves by retreating into the hip-hop culture. They are trying so hard to escape the realities of the real world; and we as adults are making it easy, by helping or guiding them. We are actually afraid of them, (some for good reason) because we have abandoned them. We adults need to start with one child at a time; mentoring, encouraging and motivating them. I still believe there is some hope. Volunteer your time today at a School, Big Brother/Sister or at any of the thousands of organization that’s out there. We cannot afford to lose any more of our young people. Get involved with the different organizations that are trying to march for justice for our young people, get your children involved also. We cannot put all the blame on White America, Police and the Justice System we need to step up and start raising our children, start paying attention to them and actually listen to what they have to say. They are crying out to us, we owe it to them. The government cannot tell us how to raise our children, when we started listening to the government we end up raising children who end up in jail or prison where the government raise them to become better criminals. Do what you know is best for your household and your children, if that means spanking them, then do that, (don’t get it twisted I’m not advocating abuse, I’m advocating discipline). All children are not the same, do what works for your child. Before they end up in a place where you can’t do anything about it, and somebody else is abusing your child, and I don’t mean just spanking them either.
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I am so happy to hear someone speaking up about us (the African American community) needing to step up and raise our children. It's so easy for us to point the finger at society, hip-hop culture included, for having a negative effect on kids these days. But the fact of the matter is if we were better parents and more of a supporting/nuturing community quite abit of the violence in our community would decrease. I whole heartedly believe that undisciplined children are more inclined to grow up acting/believeing/thinking they can do no wrong and that the world revolves around and/or owe them something and we know that's not the case. It all starts at home, if your children are unruly at home then they will be unruly out and about in society. Who would you prefer to discipline your child, you or society? Because if we leave it up to society, the number of black youth in jail and the black on black crime will continue to rise!
Lashawn Thank-you for your comment. I hope that all that read the post will take heed and our community will become better.
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