I am so sick and tired of people telling me that its okay for teenagers to be teenagers. When did being a teenager make it okay to have sex, drink, party, do drugs, and what ever else they are doing out there. The reason teens are doing the things they do is because some where along the way we stopped having an issue with it. Instead we hand them condoms and give them safe places or we buy their beer as long as they only drink in our house. We become their friends instead of their parents. Well dammit I am not okay with that. I don’t care if every teenager in America is having sex that does not mean that I have to be okay with my son doing it too. That does not mean that I should just go out to the store and buy him condoms and say Have fun be safe. Hell no.
We have become so laxed in our morals and values and our children show that in thier behaviors. We should not spank our young ones to teach them a lesson. We should not be to harsh because we can damage their self worth. We should make sure their are open line of communication at all times….. well you know what we should also pull our head out of our assess and start being parents. Our kids should know how to eat at a dinner table without chewing with their mouth open. Our kids should know to say yes ma’am and yes sir to adult out of respect. Our kids should know how to survive out in the adult world and how to balance a check book instead of how to a master of sex games because they have been doing it since they were 13.
I am not going to say its part of being a teenager no matter what choices my son makes. I will not allow there to be an excuse for his behavior. I was a teenager once and I did get pregnant so I know what that is like and let me tell you the world had shown me what a fantasy being a young mom could be and I fell for it. I thought that at 17,18 I was in love and that the next step was a baby so I got myself pregnant. I did not know that that choice would lead to nights of not eating dinner so there was enough for my son to eat. I did not know that I would have to choose between new underwear for me or diapers for him. I did not know that I would not have a bed of my own until he was 5 because I could not afford the luxury of furniture. I did not know that my social life was going to go away and that it was going to be him and I against the world, but I do now so with my children I will not be there friend. I will not settle because of what others have decided is okay. I will not condone or encourage him to have unhealthy behaviors. I will not ever say its just part of being a teen because guess up world that idea and thought process is allowing the youth to have babies younger and younger with out really understanding the ramifications of what it will do to their futures.
