Rambling about Parents

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To the loving parents who dress their kids in shorts during freezing weather;
To the gracious parents who neglect to discipline their kids when they need to;
To the caring parents who refuse to give their children the space to explore their own interests or beliefs;
To the generous parents who structure their children's life with no room for questions or adaptation;
To the open-minded parents who discourage their children from questioning the beliefs they are forcing on their young minds;
To the wise parents who cannot listen to their children when they need to express themselves;
To the intelligent parents who reject what is necessary for their children in order to glorify their mature parental choices;
To the forgiving parents who leash their negative thoughts and opinions to children who didn't ask for it;

Shame on you.

I hope that -somewhere in the future- you will look at what you have done with a new perspective.
I hope you have not damaged your children past the point of no return.
I hope your family enfolds your children in the kinder things you haven't given them.
I hope you can forgive yourself, even if your children refuse to forgive you.
I hope you can change so you do not inflict yourself on anyone else's children.
I hope that everything you have done, are doing, and will do can be reconciled and forgotten to make way for better things. 

Only time will tell.

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This is just a free-written thing after a long work week of seeing interactions between parents and children that cemented a lot of despair in my heart for kids who do not get what they need from their parents. I have been around too many who have shared their story, and I have seen other stories play out either at work, at church, in my community, and even within my own family.

 If you are the child in those situations, please find a way to get what you need and to forgive your parents for being the flawed humans they are. As difficult as it is, it is still important to recognize their humanity in trying to care for you, no matter what age you are. Make sure you take care of yourself as well as proof of your own resilience and ability to be better than the circumstances that shape (or shaped) you.

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